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reaction from LD Naltrexone
I started taking Low dose Naltrexone in early July compounded to 4.5mg, the dose that helped relieve some of my fatigue. However, now I have very annoying skin itching in various places (hands, ankles upper torso, upper arms). I also have a rash under my breasts and on my upper back. I intend to discontinue the LDN for awhile even though it has helped my fatigue. Has anyone experienced this kind of reaction to LDN? And is this a common side effect?
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I started 1.5 mg of LD Naltrexone mid April of this year and am now up to 3 mg. I've not noticed any side effects, but I am wondering if any of you experience drowsiness with it.
I. too, take LDN in the morning. I tried evening but had really weird dreams that affected my quality of sleep. Also, it's easier to remember to take it in the morning. I started at .5 mg and very gradually went up to 4.5 mg which is what I take now. I have found an increase in energy and improvement in my shortness of breath. My doctor told me to expect occasional lapses in the improvement, which I have had.
Just want to share my experience.
I started off at a conservative 1.5mg dose, felt nothing, so doubled it after two weeks. I then felt perhaps just a tiny bit worse, if anything, but with my cooperative physician's assistant, got a new prescription at 4.5mg. After a few days I felt slightly "drugged", almost as if I had drunk a small amount of alcohol--something I cannot do during my nearly one year of LC--so quit the regimen altogether.
I also took oral NAD+ alongside the LDN, as one of the large studies had done, in their case via injection.
I'm continuing the NAD+, but can't say I'm feeling any effect from that.
Should also state that, given the astounding variety of the how LC presents, in my case it's almost solely fatigue, with some "brain fog", so I consider myself comparatively fortunate.
Want to mention, too, for the originator of this thread who suffered a bad rash, that this can be a serious contraindication for many medications, although I'm unsure about that for LDN specifically.
The rash I reported in Jan on this thread has been gone for several months only to reappear this week on my shoulder. Praying it doesn't become as big of a problem as last time. I have decided (without any factual evidence) that it is another part of Long Covid