Anyone using Nicotine patches for Long Covid?

I’m at the point of having mother try it. She has LC and doctors keep testing her. She was perfectly healthy woman before LC.

I'm a little unsure about the relevance of your comment to this particular discussion, but my understanding is that after you've gotten COVID your immunity only lasts for several months. COVID vaccinations are much more durable in their effects, but are still, obviously, not 100% effective, although they DO reduce the severity of the acute phase. So my recommendation, amongst most doctors, is that you do indeed keep your vaccinations up-to-date, particularly if you keep getting sick with it.
As for LC, I, for example, finally got Covid a year ago after having been diligent in my vaccinations, and it was quite a mild case, but still resulted in LC.
SO, bottom line is:
WHO THE HECK KNOWS?

My theory is that LC will exacerbate any pre-existing health issues you have (well, many of them), so perhaps your seasonal allergy is being amplified by that.
I suspect that people might be on nicotine patches for a good while--don't know about "indefinitely"--until the LC itself resolves itself.
I had the similar, possibly identical, illness back in the 90's, called ME/CFS, and it just mysteriously went away after a couple of years.

I doubt this is a lifetime sentence, despite some unfortunate people here being rather long-term "long-haulers".

So I guess that the thing to do, if on some kind of stimulant to treat symptoms, would be to back off on it periodically to see where your body "really" is at!
You raised a good point, so thank you for that.

@sandguy thank you for the thoughtful reply and the concept that This may resolve itself or just go away after a while does offer some hope. I may try the nicotine patch although I already take adderall….

Gosh, you're already on Adderall? Has that helped your LC, since I'm considering that, or something similar?

Now I'm not POSITIVE, but I'm pretty sure that main value of nicotine is simply that it acts as a CNS stimulant, so if you're already on Adderall, I suspect it's unlikely that nicotine is going to add anything much, since it's something of a duplication.

I can tell you I had my immunity checked for 9 months after I had covid and I still had anti-bodies, Your "understanding" that vaccinations are "durable" means what, especially given variants? This forum is not a place for political attacks in the absence of science/data based information representing all sides. NOTE: Vaccine-induced immunity typically offers strong protection against symptomatic infection for 6–12 months, with longer-lasting T-cell responses reducing severe outcomes. NOTE: Natural immunity typically provides robust protection for 6–12 months, with partial protection persisting longer due to T-cell and B-cell responses.

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I was composing that last message while Jason the moderator's reminder was being posted, so...OOPS! (and apologies)
Again, currently, the "political" situation has great bearing on our collective health, so I feel it's relevant to this health-related forum.

Long covid for 3yrs 3mth. I've had so many symptoms. They keep getting less. It's controlled my life the whole life. Now they say at first I have alzheimers. I tried to tell Dr. About L.C., buthe would not listen. I started nic. Pat. 20 days ago. At 8 days I started seeing and feeling things. Then I started like I was 3 yrs ago. I feel great. Energy is coming back. My brain is clearer, problem solving is so much better. Every thing is better, I am so thankful. Praise GOD. IF I SEE ANY SYMPTOMS coming back, I will start back on patch again maybe not so long. I did get off cholesterol med. Simvastatin. I still can't believe how I feel.

How many days did you wear the nicotine patch? I have been wearing it for 8 days and I have to say that I feel better too! I am trying to decide when to stop wearing it.

I was feeling exhausted and struggling to get through the EVERY day. I started feeling relief after the first day. I still have other symptoms but the tiredness seems to be leaving. For me, it's been a game changer.