The Long Hauler Sunbeam
a short monthly pick-me-up for our community of long haulers (long covid, me/cfs). good news, useful ideas and cute puppy pics
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#62: plasmablast! (opens the original)
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Hello Long Hauler fam,☀️ Here are 3 research findings, 1 thought, and 1 question to consider this week - plus a doggy pic 🐶 3 IDEAS FROM RESEARCHI. Good review of low-dose naltrexone - but still waiting for a proper trialOn 16 July, BMJ Open pooled every published Long Covid study of low-dose naltrexone: four studies, 155 people.LDN is well known anecdotally to long haulers – a reasonable chunk of people report benefits (although not everyone, and some find they have to start at ultra low doses)
#61: Overnight brain rinse (opens the original)
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Hello Long Hauler fam,☀️ Here are 2 research findings, 1 thought, and 1 question to consider this week (plus 🐶 pic)2 IDEAS FROM RESEARCHI.An old drug seems to help some of us.Rapamycin is an old, well-mapped medicine - normally used after transplants - and it’s been tested in ME/CFS in low doses. The study found it helped some people by calming inflammation in the brain’s immune cells, and helping the mitochondria work better. (they took microglia -brain immune cells- grown in a dish, bathed the
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