Cough Clinical Trials: The Importance of Data Collection, Analysis & Sharing

Have you ever participated or considered participating in a Clinical Trial for a Cough drug or therapy?  Dr. Mandel Sher and Center for Cough is a national leader in conducting Clinical Research for Cough.  Volunteers for Cough Clinical Trials have a chance at improving their own Cough as well as helping to develop cough therapies in the future. Data collection, analysis & sharing are vitally important parts of the Clinical Research process.

Please contact Dr. Mandel Sher to learn about Cough Clinical Trials: 727-393-8067. www.centerforcough.com. #coughclinicaltrials

Clinical research is highly regulated and highly routinized to ensure apples-to-apples sameness among the different geographic sites participating in a Clinical Trial and to protect patient safety and privacy.  The same Clinical Trial for the same medical condition using the same protocol is offered for the same time period in different sites around the country.  These highly selected sites for Clinical Research meet specific criteria.  Data collection, analysis, & sharing  sharing are part of the responsibility of Clinical Trials sites and paramount to the important role that Clinical Research plays in bringing new drugs and therapies to market.  The precision and completeness of collected data is key to data analysis, findings, and conclusions.

Clinical Research is a collaborative effort among Investigators.  As a Principal Investigator for Cough Clinical Trials, Dr. Mandel Sher is often invited to investigator meetings where preliminary results from all clinical trial sites are  shared.   

Please call Carol, Dr. Mandel Sher and Center for Cough’s Clinical Research Nurse, to find out about current and upcoming Cough Clinical Trials:  727-210-3259.

Lesson Learned from My Father-In-Law: Trust, Faith, and Confidence

Trust, Faith, & Confidence in Dr. Mandel Sher

“Dad,” also affectionately known as “Woody”by his many adoring friends, is  my 91+ year-old father-in-law.  Woody, who lives in New York, traveled down here alone to escape the cold and enjoy our family in the warm sunshine.  Woody is an American hero and one of my heroes.  He is a member of the Greatest Generation.  He served this nation proudly as a U.S. Navy Corpsman attached to a Marine-division in the Pacific area during World War II.  Dad’s military service is one of his proudest chapters and he recalls fondly his fellow men who served alongside him and the trust, faith, and confidence they had to have in each other.  After Dad’s return home, he served our nation as a U.S. Postal Service mailman who carried a heavy mailbag, walked the beat of residential routes in Brooklyn, and knocked-on doors to hand-deliver a letter that looked like a college acceptance or first-time driver license.  He lived through the great Depression.  Through it all, Dad persevered and has a cheerful and positive disposition.  Here’s a lesson learned from my father-in-law and hero during a recent conversation about his health and his doctors back home:

“It’s all about trust.  If I have faith and confidence in my doctor, then I do what he tells me.” – Woody

Simple.  Lesson learned from my father-in-law and hero:  Trust, faith, and confidence are the essential ingredients to the doctor-patient relationship, patient compliance with recommendations, and very often – success.

Around the kitchen table, Dad told me about all the people back home he knows who are Coughing all the time and making such a racket that it’s sometimes hard for him to hear what’s going on.  He asked thoughtful questions  about Who has Persistent Cough,  Why they Cough, How Cough affects people, What I do to help, and the Results.  He also wanted to know more about the Clinical Research for new Cough drugs that I lead, and my teaching and training of other doctors across the country ato raise awareness about this under-diagnosed and under-treated medical condition.  During my explanation, Dad’s eyes’ glazed-over.  I spoke louder and asked:

“Dad, are you listening?”

Dad said, “I heard enough.  I heard all I need to hear to know you are the man I would see if I had this kind of a Cough.  I could tell you know what you’re doing.  I would trust you and have faith and confidence in you to make me and my Cough better.” 

Contact Dr. Mandel Sher: 727-393-8067. www.centerforcough. #chroniccoughsolution

The Importance of Being Resolute: Make 2018 Your Time to Finally Change Your COUGH

“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right,” said Oprah Winfrey.  Do you make New Year’s resolutions?  Did you know that 40 percent of Americans do? Did you also know that Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, and Sir Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group (including Virgin Atlantic Airline), are among the many wildly successful people who make resolutions?  A New Year gives each of us an uncommon jolt of energy to make changes that we believe may improve our lives or accomplish a personal goal.  Be resolute!  Determined. Purposeful. Steadfast. Tenacious. Firm…The importance of being resolute:  Make 2018 your time to finally change your COUGH!  We’re only a few days into the New Year, and if you haven’t already made a resolution that this will be THE year you FINALLY get rid of your Chronic Cough, then make it now.  Resolve to change that Persistent Cough that serves no other purpose other than to annoy, embarrass, exhaust, worry, and isolate you.

  • Write-down your resolutions and share them with those nearest and dearest to you.  Resolution # 1:  Solve the Mystery of My Chronic Cough and Get Rid of It Once and For All So I Can Engage & Enjoy Life Fully!
  • Make the goal specific, achievable, and measurable.  Example:  On Monday, call to make an appointment with Dr. Mandel Sher, Cough Specialist, and schedule the appointment within 30 days. 
  • Cross each goal off your list as it is achieved and set a new goal. Example:  Follow Dr. Sher’s instructions completely.  Take medications, do voice exercises, be aware of food and drink choices I make, and more.  It can be difficult to resist temptations and distractions and stay the treatment course, BUT, be vigilant and compliant and in a very short time you will experience remarkable results with reduction in Cough Frequency and Cough Intensity.  
  • Kickstart Change.  A Chronic Cough condition is habit-forming.  It’s tough to break habits.  And it’s particularly hard to break old, bad habits.  START!  Be Resolute!  Be Resolved to Improve Your Life and Accomplish This Goal!  Make 2018 Your Time!

Cough that doesn’t go away may be an indication of a serious medical condition.  Sometimes, a Cough generally lasting 8 weeks or longer, is a Chronic Cough that very likely will NOT go away by itself with time alone.  You Need an Intervention!

Dr. Mandel Sher is one of the nation’s leading Cough experts.  He is a Cough doctor, Clinical Research Investigator for new Cough drugs, Educator and Trainer of other doctors, and Cough Advocates.

The results he is helping Cough patients to achieve are STUNNING!  Over 8 out of 10 Cough patients demonstrate a measurable decrease in Cough frequency and report a vast improvement in overall quality of life.

Dr. Mandel Sher WILL help you achieve a Cough SOLUTION!  Contact Dr. Sher at Center for Cough:  727-393-8067. www.centerforcough. #chroniccoughsolution

Resolution # 1: Get Rid of My Chronic Cough, FINALLY!

Be Resolute about keeping your New Year’s resolution.  You’ve been coughing for a long time.  Your loved ones are worried and so are you.  New Year; new beginnings.  Resolution #1:  Get Rid of My Chronic Cough, FINALLY!

World-class cough care is in your neighborhood.  Start Today:  Contact Dr. Mandel Sher:  727-393-8067.  www.centerforcough