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Brain fog - ask your doctor about amantadine

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Oct 20 12:53pm | Replies (28)
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@emo

I know this was from a while ago, but I hope you're doing well! I just saw a neurologist in the long COVID clinic at Northwestern, and he also suggested amantadine, so of course I went Googling, and I landed here.

If you're still checking this, do you mind sharing how you're doing now, if you're still taking the medication, and if you experienced side effects?

I have co-occuring conditions that got worse with COVID; those conditions make it difficult for me to tolerate medication, so I'm nervous about it.

Also...anyone else following this conversation, there's new research from an open-label study about amantadine for post-COVID fatigue: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-51904-z

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ericy210 | @ericy210 | Sep 18 8:15pm

Thanks for the article. I just replied in this thread to a related question. I don’t believe I suffered side effects. I as feeling so bad before starting with it. But I also tolerate medicine pretty well.
At this point, I don’t know what would happen if I tapered off from it. There’s no research, according to my neuro. Until I see some good data, I’ll stick with it, along with other meds I’m on.

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