Low-Dose Naltrexone

[lbrosa]

Hello,I am wondering if anyone with autoimmune has tried Low-Dose Naltrexone 1.5mg-4.5mg??? I have reading and researching it and it sounds almost too good to be true BUT worth a try!!! Check out lowdosenaltrexone.org and LDNResearchTrust in Facebook...I found them both very interesting!

[helixhelix]

There are quite a few posts about it on here, and a couple of people use it. Use the search box top right and you should find them.

[CAROLINE23RED]

Hi I tried it, unfortunately didn’t work for me. Hope it helps you though. Good luck

[nomoreheels]

It's been discussed here quite a lot. There are a few who've tried it for RD, don't know about PsA or others under the Rheumy umbrella to be honest, if they're any of your autoimmune diseases?

I'm not so sure, not for RD anyhow. I know it's proven effective in MS, even that's only as an unlicensed med though. I don't understand the science of it but know it's a very different disease to RD. I'm one who thinks if it anecdotally works so well in Rheumatology why isn't it listed as one of our treatments, not even as an unlicensed med, there are other unlicensed meds we're prescribed, also it's been around long enough & there have been enough opportunities for it to be trialled yet it's still not available. Those who are in favour usually give the stock reply that it's because it costs so little which often leads to the "big pharma" argument which I don't believe in so opt out. I've noticed some taking LDN also amend their diet, some quite restrictively so it could be argued that their other attempts add to making some difference making it more difficult to determine if it's LDN being effective. Personally I'd not buy anything medical, if you don't have the support of a Rheumy how are we monitored?

Do your homework, read up on it, do measured research not only on dedicated sites, ask your Rheumy, I think that's all you can do to see if you think it's for you.