Is there hope in low dose naltrexone?

I'm assuming this may have been discussed at some point on this forum, but have not yet had time to go back over older posts to look for it.  This was passed along to me by a concerned friend who has a friend w/ chronic lyme.  Everything in the email sounded very promising, not only for Lyme, but MS and others.

I don't know why she says, ' doesn't hold much in the way of trillion-dollar profit promise for Big Pharma',  because if it works, it could certainly be a trillion dollar profit, imo.

Part of the person's email which was forwarded to me was a request for donations for the studies in this.  So until I do more research, I won't know if this is credible.  I will post a portion of the email below.  To those who know something about it, please tell us what you think, OK?

Quote: Low Dose Naltrexone -- the amazing and completely under-researched drug
that has helped thousands of people with autoimmune diseases, Lyme disease
and even many types of cancer -- is more than ready for its MS trials. As
some of you know, but most don't, the past five years have been something
of a neurological adventure for me, being first diagnosed with MS before
correctly diagnosing myself with Lyme disease, mimicking MS down to the
last, terrible detail. Thanks in great part to LDN, my life's trajectory
has been set back on course. Without it, at the rate which I was
progressing, I would have been wheelchair-bound for the rest of my life.

Because this is a pharmaceutical that doesn't hold much in the way of
trillion-dollar profit promise for Big Pharma, those that believe in the
potential for LDN are left to raise the money for the trials ourselves, and
that's why I am contacting you.

If you known someone or are sick with one of these diseases, I implore you
to check out www.lowdosenaltrexone.org.

END QUOTE

My LLMD just added LDN to my treatment plan and has my sons on it also. They were not noticing a difference and were just bumped up in dosage. I'm curious to see how it works for us.

Thanks +Lyme!!! I am starting LDN (waiting for it from pharmacy) and have been dealing with Hashimoto's since 2004. I didn't know about the possible reaction. Really appreciate your post!

You are welcome, Weary. I was happy to be the 'giver' in possibly helpful info!

Hoping, still looking into this. This is quite possibly MORE than a 'glimmer' of hope! It does appear that you don't have to travel to get this drug. It is FDA approved for higher dose for narcotic addictions, there just have not been enough studies for the low dose. So you have to find an extremely reputable pharmacy (listed when you do the search) that can properly break down/process a higher dose into 1/10 smaller dose, encapsulate it w/ the proper fillers. Pharmacy must also have excellent quality control.

From the pharmacies listed on the website, your own Dr can prescribe and order the proper dose.

This drug boosts your immune system, increasing your killer cells, sending them off to war. There are no known side effects, except possibly in those who should not take it. What more could we ask for??

If you will do a search on it, you will find a very long list of diseases, conditions, infections, etc that have improved and/or been cured in those taking this. It includes Lupus, ALS, MS, AIDS, Chronic Fatigue, fibromyalgia, Chron's, some I forget right now, and a LONG list of cancers.

This is certainly worth looking up and asking your Dr about, which I can't wait to do! I'd rather take something that boosts my immune system than long term abx that can possibly run it down. NOT saying I will refuse abx, however, I WILL discuss this w/ Dr.!

And I am serious about researching this!  So if some time passes that I'm not here, it's because i'm researching this drug!

so this is just yet another piece of treatment but a very important piece.

I read more on this today. It says that bedtime, or sometime between 9:00 pm and 11 pm is best. Has to do w/ our endorphines and what they are doing on the middle of our night in our bodies, (sorry, I can't retain enough info to remember exactly what's going on in the nite.)

Haven't read yet about the possibility of using it w/ abx.

Veromia, I have not been at this near as long as you, AND I'm not as sick as you, but from what I have found so far, yes, this is very significant, far as I'm concerned. I will definitely to ask my Dr for it.

This sounds very promising for a lot of people w/ a lot of diseases, including AIDS and cancer!