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ArticleNutrients2023

What Is the Role of Palmitoylethanolamide Co-Ultramicronized with Luteolin on the Symptomatology Reported by Patients Suffering from Long COVID? A Retrospective Analysis Performed by a Group of General Practitioners in a Real-Life Setting.

Maurizio Pirro, Luana Ferri, Licia Piccioni, Anna Maria Bellucci, Federica Bartolucci, Arianna Russo, Andrea Piga, Paola Lucia Ciaramaglia, Marco Lucangeli, Anna Maria Russo and 2 more

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Article in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Therapeutic effect of anti-neuroinflammatory supplement combined with olfactory training on post-covid olfactory dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  4. Inflammatory pathways in patients with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19: The role of the clinical immunologist.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maurizio PirroAzienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL), Sistema Sanitario Regionale, 00012 Rome, Italy.
Luana FerriAzienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL), Sistema Sanitario Regionale, 00012 Rome, Italy.
Licia PiccioniAzienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL), Sistema Sanitario Regionale, 00012 Rome, Italy.
Anna Maria BellucciAzienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL), Sistema Sanitario Regionale, 00012 Rome, Italy.
Federica BartolucciAzienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL), Sistema Sanitario Regionale, 00012 Rome, Italy.
Arianna RussoAzienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL), Sistema Sanitario Regionale, 00012 Rome, Italy.
Andrea PigaAzienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL), Sistema Sanitario Regionale, 00012 Rome, Italy.
Paola Lucia CiaramagliaAzienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL), Sistema Sanitario Regionale, 00012 Rome, Italy.
Marco LucangeliAzienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL), Sistema Sanitario Regionale, 00012 Rome, Italy.
Anna Maria RussoInstitute of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Salvatore CuzzocreaDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6131-3690
Maurizio EvangelistaInstitute of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8438-3480
ASL Roma · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITUniversity of Messina · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long COVID is a recognized post-viral syndrome characterized by neurological, somatic and neuropsychiatric symptoms that might last for long time after SARS-CoV-2 infection. An ever-growing number of patients come to the observation of General Practitioners complaining of mild or moderate symptoms after the resolution of the acute infection. Nine General Practitioners from the Rome area (Italy) performed a retrospective analysis in order to evaluate the role of the supplementation with Palmitoylethanolamide co-ultramicronized with Luteolin (PEALUT) on neurologic and clinical symptoms reported by their patients after COVID-19 resolution. Supplementation with PEALUT helped to improve all patient-reported symptoms, especially pain, anxiety and depression, fatigue, brain fog, anosmia and dysgeusia, leading to an overall improvement in patients' health status. To our knowledge these are the first data presented on Long COVID patients collected in a territorial setting. Despite their preliminary nature, these results highlight the pathogenetic role of "non-resolving" neuroinflammation in Long COVID development and consequently the importance of its control in the resolution of the pathology and put the focus on the General Practitioner as the primary figure for early detection and management of Long COVID syndrome in a real-life setting. Future randomized, controlled, perspective clinical trials are needed to confirm this preliminary observation.

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COVID-19General PractitionersAmidesEthanolaminesHumansLuteolinPalmitic AcidsPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2AmidesEthanolaminesLuteolinpalmidrolPalmitic Acidsanosmiabrain fogdysgeusiafatiguelong COVIDneuroinflammationpainPEALUTreal-life setting

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PMID37686733
PMCPMC10490268
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