[Elsegood2022] reports that chronic COVID-19 (Long Haul Covid) is a condition that LDN could help.
Dr. Weyrich has been trained in the use of Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN).
[OKelly2022 🕮 ] reports a clinical study lasting 2 months of 53 patients with ongoing symptoms 12 or more weeks after
initial infection with COVID (i.e. Long COVID). Of the 38 participants who took up to 2mg LDN/day, significant improvement (p > 0.001)
was seen in the patient's "recovery from COVID-19, limitation in activities of daily living, energy levels, pain levels,
levels of concentration, and sleep disturbance." Improvement in mood was almost significant (p = 0.054). The study design
was not very powerful, the dose given was less than the standard dose of 4.5mg of LDN/day, and the study duration was short.
None-the-less, the results are encouraging.
Dr. Angus Dalgleish, a prominent researcher in the United Kingdom reported at the 2003 Worldwide LDN Conference, several dozen cases
he has observed treating both Long COVID and Post-Vax Syndrome (paraphrased below):
Case 1: 50-year-old male had acute Covid and never recovered. He had severe shortness of breath and severe muscle pain
when climbing stairs. He had brain fog and severe fatigue.
After adding LDN to his conventional treatment protocol, he improved within three weeks, but relapsed when he stopped taking
the LDN.
He restarted it, and he improved within the day of restarting it, and continued to improve.
His pulmonary function completely returned to normal within 6 to 8 weeks.
He discontinued LDN at six months, with no subsequent relapse.
Case 2: Female in her 40s had acute Covid.
She had severe fatigue, muscle pains and stomachache that persisted for over two months.
She responded within three weeks, and discontinued LDN after three months.
Summary: Almost all of the dozens of Long-COVID patients treated with LDN have had a complete remission of the symptoms,
except for one who continues to remain on it after 18 months now, because if he stops, he gets worse.
In general, brain-fog improves within days of initiating LDN treatment. Other symptoms take longer.
Post-Vax Syndrome Case: A super-fit 20-year-old athlete had recovered from mild acute COVID.
Ironically, in order to go to college, he had to be vaccinated, which resulted in severe fatigue, myocarditis symptoms,
tachycardia and POTS symptoms.
After not improving with conventional care, he was given LDN, after which he showed a slow recovery.
However, Dr. Weyrich has not treated any cases of Long Haul Covid with LDN,
but he strongly believes that LDN is a very beneficial intervention for treating Long Haul Covid,
and he is actively recruiting patients.
Please see
What is Low Dose Naltrexone?
for more information.
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