Abstract: A composition for treating multiple disease causes including a glycocalyx restoring and maintaining compound. A method of treating multiple disease causes, by administering a glycocalyx restoring and maintaining compound to an individual, restoring the glycocalyx, reversing inflammation, and reversing oxidative damage. A method of treating cardiovascular disease. A method of restoring the glycocalyx. A method of reversing inflammation. A method of reversing oxidative damage. A method of treating any disease involving a membrane that has a glycocalyx. A method of treating multiple disease causes. A method of restoring the structural and functional integrity of receptors in the glycocalyx. A method of restoring the glycocalyx and receptors therein and potentiating drug response. A composition for treating disease including the glycocalyx restoring and maintaining compound and an antibody.