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Anyone using Nicotine patches for Long Covid?

Posted by tgroff @tgroff, Apr 19, 2023

There is lots of discussion on Facebook Long Covid forums about nicotine patches helping with long covid symptoms after a few days of adjustment to the patches. Any thoughts on this?

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doug8576 | @doug8576 | 4 days ago
In reply to @sandguy "I in fact tried nicotine in gum form--4mg.--and it really didn't have any effect. I was..." + (show)
@sandguy

I in fact tried nicotine in gum form--4mg.--and it really didn't have any effect. I was surprised since I've never used nicotine and thought I'd be quite sensitive to it, but no...
I also tried LDN, at different dosages up to 4.5 mg., but unfortunately it started to make me feel a bit worse, if anything.
I'm considering asking my PCP to prescribe something like Adderall or Ritalin, since my problem is nearly exclusively chronic fatigue.

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Thanks for responding and providing additional information. The articles I've read indicated about 50% positive to LDN. I'll find out which 50% I'm in in th next couple of months.
Discussed Adderall with my doc . He wasn't opposed, but suggested I give the LDN try first. My psychiatrist also suggested i might try modafinal or a related drug armodafinil which are used for shift workers to help them overcome fatigue and stay alertstay awake. Would be interested to hear how the Adderall or Ritalin work out.

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sandguy | @sandguy | 4 days ago

Yes, all those drugs are essentially stimulants, so they make some sense.
In my case, with fatigue being basically my only symptom, they should likely help that. TBH, I'm probably a reasonable candidate from an ADHD standpoint anyways.
I just feel a little hesitant since it seems like such an artificial approach--definitely just treating the symptom instead of the underlying cause, but since researchers haven't definitively identified a cause, I guess it's the best logical approach.
Best of luck with the LDN--perhaps you'll be in the favorable 50!
Let's continue to compare notes, and thanks for your feedback, too.

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