Any benefits to taking prednisone 5 mg for long Covid symptoms ?

Posted by radapanich @radapanich, Aug 30, 2023

An immunologist in NYC who works with long Covid patients prescribed prednisone 5 mg for my long Covid 19 symptoms: brain fog, fatigue , joint and muscle pain. I am already on low dose naltrexone (LDN), aspirin 84 mg and statin Lipitor 10mg. She said that all of those drugs can be helpful to address , micro blood clots, chronic inflammation associated with long Covid. Does anyone have experiences with using prednisone 5 mg daily? She also mentioned antivirals like Paxlovid , but stated that there were side effects. A few people on the forum mentioned Adderal for fatigue ? Comments and thoughts greatly appreciated !

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diverdown1 | @diverdown1 | Jun 12 9:39am

I did try prednisone when I first got sick. It did help with the fatigue, but it caused me to be anxious and ravenous with hunger. I have not taken it in over a year. If it helps, that is great, but I do not believe it can be sustained, although I do not know for sure. Vyvanse, for ADHD, has helped me a lot, as well as Low Dose Naltrexone and Gabapentin.