Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) used for COPD?

Has anyone any experience of LDN? A friend has been prescribed it through the Doctor though has to pay privately for it for his MS but is also used for other conditions and one of them listed is COPD. TAD

[Toci]

I believe this is used to help heroin addicts and also as a pain killer but can have awful side effects. It is available on prescription though so I am unsure why your friend has been required to pay for it. Try here for more info.

ldnresearchtrustfiles.co.uk...

[Hidden in reply to Toci]

Thank you for the link - you can see it has been used for COPD. Apparently there is a political debate regarding the drug - "as the drugs companies can’t make any money from it GP’s won’t prescribe so we have to get a private prescription and pay for it." It would just be interesting to know if anyone else has used it. xx

[libby7827]

I imagine in copd use it would only be used at very severe/end stage, in the same way that morphine is used, to take the edge of the anxiety of being unable to breath. I'm a bit of a scaredy cat though and the possible side effects sound dreadful, but I suppose it would be the same with any similar type drug. Libby

[Marsbars5 in reply to libby7827]

Not the case at all. Ldn can take up to a year to really start working!

[Hidden]

Interesting, there are some people on it for thyroid and adrenal problems. I haven't tried it though.

I expect we will hear a lot more about the stuff over the coming years.

koala x

[Mondeo1]

It is a blocker for heroin ,smoking off tin foil is quick way to getting c.o.p.d .

[hoping2heal47]

I realize this is an old thread but just in case anyone comes across it - there is a lot of confusion above about what LDN is - Low Dose Naltrexone is COMPLETELY different mechanism of action than Naltrexone. Naltrexone was used for opioid and alcohol addiction in doses of 50mg and more. but a researcher happened to notice that in tiny doses (4.5mg and less) opioid receptors are blocked momentarily thereby causing the body to think it needs more endorphins and it then creates more. endorphins reduce inflammation along with other things and so LOW DOSE naltrexone (as opposed to Naltrexone) is used with great success in treating all sorts of autoimmune conditions - I am taking it for Autoimmune Hives and Urticaria and it worked like a charm........I also have emphysema although I have no idea if it is helping me in that regard. It is a wonderful drug - many MS patients have gone from wheelchair bound to walking again. Fibroymyalgia patients no longer need opioid medications, bc it treats pain, etc........I just had to post here bc I saw how little the commenters above understood.........they are confusing regular naltrexone with low dose and it has an entirely different mechanism in low doses and treats different things

[Gucci49 in reply to hoping2heal47]

You have done your homework 😄. Good job. I have autoimmune diseases and I just started LDN. It works wonderfully for inflammation and pain. I don’t know if it helps with copd as I just started using it , but will keep you all posted of any changes.

[AllyWitt]

I have used low dose naltrexone now for approximately 13 years. I use it for psoriasis and it has been amazing. When I first started learning about LDN, I was on a chat site. One of the nice side effects of reported anecdotally was much improved COPD.

A couple of threads here have very adequately discussed the differences between low dose and high dose. They have dramatically different purposes. LDN is taken between 3 to 4.5mg.

The high dose is at 50 mg and that use is for drug and alcohol abuse. They should not be confused as they do completely different things in your body.

High dose blocks endorphins 24 hours so that you don't feel high when you take drugs. Low dose blocks endorphins for a very short period of time and your body sees it doesn't have endorphins and will produce a ton of endorphins. Then your immune system remembers how to behave when it has enough endorphins.

My husband had miraculous results with his MS and LDN. I have had very good results with my psoriasis and as I said when I was on the chat site people were reporting all sorts of nice side effects one being COPD getting better for many people.

It doesn't work for everybody but it certainly is a very nice easy drug to take with virtually no side effects whatsoever and very inexpensive.