Red light therapy for long covid?

Rent one, as in for use in your home? Never heard of it. Buy one for around $70K US. Insurance covers treatments in one for a limited number of medical issues, but I've not heard/seen that long covid symptoms are one of those issues. See: https://www.hyperbaricmedicalsolutions.com/blog/how-much-does-hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-cost

The message I was replying to mentioned that they were renting one, which I had also never heard of. Initially I found some information on renting, but no prices. I did, however, just now manage to find a site with pricing (https://affordablehyperbaricsolutions.com/hyperbaric-chambers/). Purchase ranges from $5K to $19K, and rental is from $600-$1500/month. At $250-600 per treatment, you wouldn't need very many treatments in a month to make renting one a very good deal, even with the oxygen concentrator (at an additional $300/month).

I am renting mine from "Affordable hyperbaric solutions" at $1050.00 per month. It gets to 1.5 Atmospheres (the ones doctors have are 1.7 and above). I chose a small chamber that looks like a capsule, 9 feet long and almost 3 feet tall. It doesn't feel claustrophobic to me. I mostly lie down because I can barely seat in there. You can use your cell phone inside, watch movies, etc. although for me it is the best time to meditate. My neurologist said I could use it twice a day for about 1 hour. I'm out of town now but I can send pictures when I get back.

Me too. Did you find any real RED LIGHT THERAPY Atlanta ?

Have you noticed any improvement in your symptoms since starting RLT back in March?

I had commented some time ago about possibility of hiring a hyperbaric chamber , in Uk…did lots more research and had come across papers that suggested the improvement is from much higher compression as in professional divers decompression chambers or/ and where pressure could be deliberately altered to change the way oxygen ‘forced’ into the lungs. Somewhere, I thought on the Mayo forum but can’t find it again so probably not, a woman had actually been on/ continue to be on a trial with a 4 atmos.chamber and had seen improvement after about 20 sessions …that would be a huge price for most of us…and she thought she’d get another 20. Anyway…how have you got on with the 1.5 atmos. capsule at home after a further 5 weeks or so?

I can speak to this. I got Long Covid almost 3 years ago now. The bottom line is, it's not a magic bullet. I have spent double my life's savings on anything and everything that was purported to help, to no avail. I am now out of work. So, that's how 'effective' it is. Do I doubt that it helps? No. On a small level, I have no doubt that it helps the mitochondria increase ATP. Is it enough for me to function even remotely close to normal? No. Not at all. And that is with all the other things I was doing to support my mitochondria (supplements, etc). I purchased my red light devices just over a year ago. I admit that early on, I had some trouble being consistent, which is important. But it was not able to help me keep my job.

That all said, I was trying to follow the instructions of 20 minutes a day, about 5 or 6 days a week. Starting today, I found a 2019 study that shows mice seem to perfom best between 3 and 6 hours. I am now going to try to do it several hours a day. I have a huge panel as well as the VieLight headset. Many days I am too exhausted and fatigued to stand in front of the panel. But I am going to start using the transcranial VieLight headset several times a day to see how that goes. But again, I want to let everyone know that there is, without a doubt, no magic bullet--not for the vast majority of people, anyhow. If you have the money, by all means, get it. But I cannot tell you it will be the magic solution.

My son has been using red light therapy for about a month now. Not sure if it helps or doesn't help. We will continue using it and to see it helps. I will keep you posted.

No, there isn't even any research that's close to saying there's a solution, magical or otherwise. There's also no large scale study on the effectiveness of RLT, but the small scale studies are validated and show effectiveness for select issues, most notably the long covid lethargy. As with any medication/holistic treatment/non-validated solution, the effects will differ from person to person. I sure hope you speak with a doctor before attempting 3-6 hours of RLT, as I'm unaware of any study or RLT manufacturer that has endorsed such lengthy use at one time. Mice are not humans.

What kind of RLT units are available over the counter, do you know? Thanks!