Re: LDN?

[Guest guest]

I have never heard of that! Do you know what the end results were? Does the low

dose naltrexone work?

Debra B

Gladewater, Texas

LDN?

There have been some studies about using LDN (low dose naltrexone) for FM, as

well as other

auto-immune diseases (including Crohn's, RA, Parkinson's MS, even cancer). I am

wondering

if anyone here has tried this yet?

Thanks,

Pielet

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[Guest guest]

Here is the main website about the LDN:

http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org

Scroll down and put fibromyalgia in the search field. The results look very

promising!

I have never heard of that! Do you know what the end results were? Does the low

dose

naltrexone work?

Debra B

Gladewater, Texas

----- Original Message ----

There have been some studies about using LDN (low dose naltrexone) for FM, as

well as

other auto-immune diseases (including Crohn's, RA, Parkinson's MS, even cancer).

I am

wondering if anyone here has tried this yet?

Thanks,

Pielet

[Guest guest]

I have not heard of it. Curious what it is.

/Mi

LDN?

There have been some studies about using LDN (low dose naltrexone) for FM, as

well as other

auto-immune diseases (including Crohn's, RA, Parkinson's MS, even cancer). I

am wondering

if anyone here has tried this yet?

Thanks,

Pielet

[Guest guest]

ldn is low dose naltrexone. very high dose naltrexone has been used

for years to break heroine addiction. high levels are toxic to the

liver. dr. bihari, retired doc in new york, tried real low doses of

naltrexone for other medical conditions, got good results in alot of

people. but because of the stigma attached to naltrexone, there is a

huge fear in the medical community about using/rxing it to patients.

so if you search in yahoo groups for naltrexone, you'll find some

supoort groups started by people with cancer, mostly m.s., who use

low doses of naltrexone (4.5mgs per night) and are getting good

improvement with it. ms patients are able to walk when they used to

be in wheelchairs,it reduces or stabilizes malignant tumors in those

cancers that respond to the way it works.

how naltrexone works is when taken at night, between 9pm and 1am,

naltrexone blocks the normal production of endorphins made by the

brain, and by blocking the normal production, this then causes and

over production of endorphins the following day. what is not totally

understood is how this increased production of endorphins causes

exact changes in immune chemical production. there are alot of

artilces about different immune chemicals online. but the part thatr

is completely known is that endorphins are the " feel good " brain

chemicals, different than neurotransmitters, and this increase in

endorphins does help many people " feel better " . so while they are

still researching how it actually helps different conditions like

fibro,cancers,autoimmune diseases, it is still used by many people

simply as an antidepressant with bascially no side effects like all

the other antidepressants.

but getting a script from a doc is very difficult. i can provide

other websites if you want to read more. and i do think as it is

researched more, it will be used alot more in the future. i saw that

stanford is researching it's use for the fibro study. and for an ivy

league institution like stanford to be researching it, that is hugely

important. i just hope they do get the results they are looking for

and can fully explain how low doses of naltrexone improve fibro and

the pain.

i did take ldn for only about a month. i sure like how it improved my

mood. so i have read almost everything about it. i have no financial

interest or anything, i just hope it is used where it can help.

take care,

marg

>

> I have not heard of it. Curious what it is.

> /Mi

[Guest guest]

> ldn is low dose naltrexone. very high dose naltrexone has been used

> for years to break heroine addiction. high levels are toxic to the

> liver. dr. bihari, retired doc in new york, tried real low doses of

> naltrexone for other medical conditions, got good results in alot of

> people. but because of the stigma attached to naltrexone, there is a

> huge fear in the medical community about using/rxing it to patients.

I went to www.nih.gov, and did a search there. There's a study out

of Stanford in California that's currently recruiting participants.

If I lived there I'd consider it.

Z