Does anyone know anything about naltrexone?
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I read recently that there has been some success in treating several different autoimmune diseases with naltrexone. It has actually been used as part of the treatment therapy for drug addicts.
I believe the lady that wrote the article had PMR and had good success with it. Apparently it doesn't have all the nasty side affects that pred does. Always looking for an alternative to this drug that we all seem to have a love/hate relationship with.
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EileenH Mrs.Mac-Canada
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It is used for alcoholics and drug addicts at low dose, there is no problem with safety records and so on so why it hasn't been properly tested in PMR I don't know but there are no mainstream medics in the UK who will even consider it. Note, I say mainstream.
A Swedish lady on the forumup forum has it prescribed by her doctor - she initially found an improvement but I don't know how it has progressed. And that is about all I know.
Mrs.Mac-Canada EileenH
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Would like to hear how the Swedish lady made out and from anyone else that has tried.
Will post if I find anyone info.
somersetsue Mrs.Mac-Canada
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Light Mrs.Mac-Canada
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lodgerUK_NE Mrs.Mac-Canada
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If you google it there is a wealth of information on it. The reason it has not been tested etc is because there is no money in it for big pharma. LDN ia low costing drug.
I know three people with PMR who were able to get it from a Chemist in Glasgow, but without a GPs say so, they will not supply it.
Mrs.Mac-Canada lodgerUK_NE
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Yes, I have read a few articles but always like to here from "real life" people about these so called wonderdrugs.
Do you know these peoples histories and if/how the LDN has helped them?
lodgerUK_NE Mrs.Mac-Canada
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bedilia Mrs.Mac-Canada
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If you give someone straight Narcan, IV or IM, you have to remember that
1. you must give it slowly or there is a chance the pt will go into pulmonary edema.
2. there is always a chance they will "renarcotize" an hour or 2 later. It is for this reasone that pts who are given narcan are closely observed for up to 2 hrs.
3. that narcotrexine is a time released drug.
Christine
EileenH bedilia
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joanne94223 Mrs.Mac-Canada
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