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5 yrs post covid. Is there any help out there?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Feb 23 2:55pm | Replies (106)Comment receiving replies
Hi Kevin. I'm two years post covid and have many symptoms. I've just started taking Naltrexone. If you google Naltrexone and long covid there should be some information. Griffith University in Australia is doing comprehensive research. Best wishes
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@katevanb
Yes Low dose Naltrexone, LDN, is a valuable drug for any autoimmune disease or condition.
For anyone unfamilar with LDN, LDN is basically a "hard boot" of the immune system. It resets the immune system and encourages it to normalize.
I have taken it myself and would have continued LDN, but it caused some anxiety side effects.
I will say that it can be quite dramatic the first few times that you take it. The first time I took it about 3 am it seemed like all the halogen lights in the world went off in my head. That toned down with time. I had to start very low in dose, as most people do and build up to the amount that would hopefully help me.
So this drug may take months to get to the correct dose. Plus, it is a compounded drug so you will work with a doctor's prescription and a compounding pharmacist.
from a google search, asking how it works for long Covid and other autoimmune diseases:
"It is frequently prescribed for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Crohn’s disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Lupus.
Long COVID Symptoms: Patients often report significant improvements in fatigue, brain fog, chronic pain, and sleep disturbances."
There is lots of research and standard use of LDN now for Long Covid and other autoimmune diseases, here are just a few:
https://mindstreamintegrative.com/blog/low-dose-naltrexone-ldn-for-long-covid-and-other-chronic-conditions-hope-for-lingering-symptoms/
https://www.covidcaregroup.org/blog/low-dose-naltrexone-for-post-covid-inflammation.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12127304/
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@katevanb
Thank you. I will look into that. I finally got bad results. Every time I get a blood test MRI, CT scan, EKG everything is perfect. I finally got in to see a Cardiologist and been doing lots of test. I never thought I would be excited to get a Bad result back. I know weird. But after 5 yrs it was nice to finally have proof. I had a 7 day heart monitor and got results back last night. The person doing the test and replying to my Dr. Basically said I had 3 different issues. Once I hear back from my Dr maybe I will get some information and maybe start some type of trying to get me some help. Will see soon.