Has anyone heard of low dose Naltrexone as a potential treatment?

I take LDN but have for years. Its a long term decision to make. You don't so much "try it." You kind of decide to do it for years or its not really worth trying. I hear people say they tried it for a month or 2 "and it didn't work." (They were also taking too high a dose. The smaller dose the better. Usually between 2.5 and 4 mg. You have to understand how it works and commit or not.

You kind of wont know if its helping for a year or more. I had objective data in that the amount of synthroid I needed went way down.

I'm alsk very leary of generic medz and naltrexone no longer comes brand name. Pharmacies are starting to sell it but you have to make sure they kniw how to make it including where do they source their powder and most likely, as with all generics, they use whatever is cheapest that month. But is it hard or coldpressed?

There used to be a great yahoo group expert consumers. I studied it for a year before going on it. I get the pill from an American lab (there is only one I think), smash it and mix it with 50ml of distilled water. 50mg in 50 mls equals one mg per ml and I take 4ml (equal to 4mg.) You must work yourself up very very slowly or you may experience side effects and quit I spent 2 months getting tp 3mg/night and stopped there for a couple if years.

Its a very very good antiinflammatory and I have lots of inflammation? Skip, a very knowledgeable pharmacist in S FL who supplies pills all over the US where he can, not NC last I heard, is great. He and his whole family, including teens take it aa it resets (supposedly) your immune system. Its more accepted now than it waa when I started taking it 5 years ago.

I went off for a few months after xmas this year and my thyroid went to uncontrollable again (hashimotos) and back on ldn, its still raking months months to get regulated again. And I didn't know it waa helping pain as much as it does, until I went off.

Ill never go off again. Mixing it myself, it costa me about $12 every year+. I'm a nurse and not all doctors will ler you mix it yourself. If yours will, I can give you more info on how I do it. Store in fridge etc.

Its a long term decision. If yoy aren't in it committed for at least a year or 2, don't bother.

As a nurse, I studied it for a year before making a decision. About 6 years ago maybe? I've gone off a couple of times and have always regretted it as you need to starr low again and it can take months to get back up to speed. Its 7 months since I went back on and I haven't gotten my thyroid back to normal yet. Good luck.

I'm a lifer. You kind if gave to decide to be one too. Taking it is a long term commitment. I've written lots about it here. There a tons of YT videos now by mds that there wasn't when I started.

LDN saved my wife's life

I have been on low dose naltrexone ie 4.5 mg daily for 8 weeks, combine with NAD (a supplement( as per protocol at Mayo climic). It has helped me significantly. My first prescription was from Mayo pharmacy, subsequent refills from a local compounding pharmacy.

I take LDN but have for years. Its a long term decision to make. You don't so much "try it." You kind of decide to do it for years or its not really worth trying. I hear people say they tried it for a month or 2 "and it didn't work." (They were also taking too high a dose. The smaller dose the better. Usually between 2.5 and 4 mg. You have to understand how it works and commit or not.

You kind of wont know if its helping for a year or more. I had objective data in that the amount of synthroid I needed went way down.

I'm alsk very leary of generic medz and naltrexone no longer comes brand name. Pharmacies are starting to sell it but you have to make sure they kniw how to make it including where do they source their powder and most likely, as with all generics, they use whatever is cheapest that month. But is it hard or coldpressed?

There used to be a great yahoo group expert consumers. I studied it for a year before going on it. I get the pill from an American lab (there is only one I think), smash it and mix it with 50ml of distilled water. 50mg in 50 mls equals one mg per ml and I take 4ml (equal to 4mg.) You must work yourself up very very slowly or you may experience side effects and quit I spent 2 months getting tp 3mg/night and stopped there for a couple if years.

Its a very very good antiinflammatory and I have lots of inflammation? Skip, a very knowledgeable pharmacist in S FL who supplies pills all over the US where he can, not NC last I heard, is great. He and his whole family, including teens take it aa it resets (supposedly) your immune system. Its more accepted now than it waa when I started taking it 5 years ago.

I went off for a few months after xmas this year and my thyroid went to uncontrollable again (hashimotos) and back on ldn, its still raking months months to get regulated again. And I didn't know it waa helping pain as much as it does, until I went off.

Ill never go off again. Mixing it myself, it costa me about $12 every year+. I'm a nurse and not all doctors will ler you mix it yourself. If yours will, I can give you more info on how I do it. Store in fridge etc.

Its a long term decision. If yoy aren't in it committed for at least a year or 2, don't bother.

As a nurse, I studied it for a year before making a decision. About 6 years ago maybe? I've gone off a couple of times and have always regretted it as you need to starr low again and it can take months to get back up to speed. Its 7 months since I went back on and I haven't gotten my thyroid back to normal yet. Good luck.

I'm a lifer. You kind if gave to decide to be one too. Taking it is a long term commitment. I've written lots about it here. There a tons of YT videos now by mds that there wasn't when I started.