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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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@ericy210

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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emo | @emo | Sep 20 12:34am

Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it, and I'm glad it helped you.

That's kind of odd your neuro said there wasn't any research (but maybe this was earlier on) because they told me they're prescribing it specifically because there's some limited research demonstrating a benefit. I had asked about a case report from Stanford where they used 600 mg NAC (a supplement) and 2 mg guanfacine, which is a non-stimulant medication for ADHD, and the Northwestern team said they wouldn't prescribe that because there's more research supporting use of amantadine.

At any rate, glad it helped you. I'm going to start a clinical trial in November for long COVID brain fog, so maybe after that's over if I don't have a benefit, I'll circle back to them to try the amantadine...

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