Low-dose naltrexone

Hi Big Red,

I have seen people post here in the past that they used ldn and liked it. Thought it helped. I met a man in a doctor's office that said he uses it and thinks its good. He said I should try it. I will have to try and remember to ask my doc about it. Please let us know what you think about it as you continue to use it.
Best wishes. bablymers mom

BigRed, I am very interested in LDN. I asked my LLMD about it on the first visit and gave him printed info about it.  Next appt, I mentioned it again and he had not even read the info, nor did he offer to find out how to prescribe, but did prescribe a bunch of other stuff.  Needless to say, I am not impressed. 

I am very anxious to hear about your experience with it!

I am sorry to hear that Jendays has had such poor experience with it. Jen, I wonder if your dose is correct?  what does your Dr say about your lack of progress and worsening illness?

Everything I've read about it offers a lot of promise -- from AIDS to cancer.  I'm gonna have to find a Dr who will look at this!

I worked my way up to the 4.5mg...the only thing I believe the LDN did is lessen my allergies, which is good. Some doctors first suggested taking LDN for three weeks and then a one week break, but a lot of patients who were benefitting did not want to take this chance, since LDN only stays in the system about 18 hours and symptoms can return after missing just one dose. So, because of this suggestion...it could mean that the body just becomes used to what the LDN does, as it would get used to any drug causing chemical production over a long period of time.

I really have no idea if it did work for me, since I tried all doses starting with .5mg for one week at a time and escalating by .5mg each week until I reached 4.5.