Re: LDN for disease prevention and quality of life

[Guest guest]

How to afford it though?

>

> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19041189

>

> The use of low-dose naltrexone (LDN) for the treatment and

prophylaxis

> of various bodily disorders is discussed. Accumulating evidence

> suggests that LDN can promote health supporting immune-modulation

> which may reduce various oncogenic and inflammatory autoimmune

> processes. Since LDN can upregulate endogenous opioid activity, it

may

> also have a role in promoting stress resilience, exercise, social

> bonding, and emotional well-being, as well as amelioration of

> psychiatric problems such a autism and depression. It is proposed

that

> LDN can be used effectively as a buffer for a large variety of

bodily

> and mental ailments through its ability to beneficially modulate

both

> the immune system and the brain neurochemistries that regulate

> positive affect.

>

[Guest guest]

i think the question is more - how to get your doctor to prescribe it!

We got it from our DAN, i don't remember that it was extortionately

expensive, i believe it is a generic drug so should be cheapish?

Didn't do much for us except making ds constipation worse, so we

stopped but i know from reading about it that it does wonders for

others with autism.

The MS community are also using it successfully, some even get their

GPs to prescribe it off-label so i believe!

Dr McCandless is trialling it to treat kids with AIDs in Africa also

if i recall correctly.

Nikki

In Autism-Biomedical-Europe , " bbrowne123 "

wrote:

>

> How to afford it though?

> >

> > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19041189

> >

> > The use of low-dose naltrexone (LDN) for the treatment and

> prophylaxis

> > of various bodily disorders is discussed. Accumulating evidence

> > suggests that LDN can promote health supporting immune-modulation

> > which may reduce various oncogenic and inflammatory autoimmune

> > processes. Since LDN can upregulate endogenous opioid activity,

it

> may

> > also have a role in promoting stress resilience, exercise, social

> > bonding, and emotional well-being, as well as amelioration of

> > psychiatric problems such a autism and depression. It is proposed

> that

> > LDN can be used effectively as a buffer for a large variety of

> bodily

> > and mental ailments through its ability to beneficially modulate

> both

> > the immune system and the brain neurochemistries that regulate

> > positive affect.

> >

>