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Low Dose Naltrexone for Chronic Pain

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Low Dose Naltrexone for Chronic Pain

Low Dose Naltrexone for Chronic Pain

By: Chris Graf

11/7/22

Low doses of a drug that is commonly prescribed to recovering alcoholics and narcotic addicts is being used to help chronic pain sufferers find relief from a variety of pain conditions including fibromyalgia, inflammatory bowel, Crohn’s disease, and complex regional pain syndrome.  The drug is called naltrexone.

What is naltrexone?

Naltrexone is a prescription medication used to suppress narcotic and alcohol cravings in recovering addicts. Naltrexone is used as just one part of an addict’s overall treatment plan. It is prescribed only after a person is no longer dependent on drugs or alcohol.

How does Naltrexone work?

Naltrexone blocks the euphoric sensations associated with narcotic and alcohol use. It is non-addictive and produces no narcotic-like effects.

Researchers believe that naltrexone also modulates the release of inflammatory chemicals in the central nervous system. The drug temporarily binds to and blocks the Mu opioid receptors (MORs) which are central to pain control. When these receptors are blocked, the body responds by producing more pain-relieving endorphins.

Dosage of naltrexone for addiction vs for pain relief

When used for the management of addiction, the typical daily dosage of naltrexone is 50–100 mg per day. For chronic pain relief, the dosage is typically less than 8 mg per day. Patients may start off with a dose as low as .01 mg. A more typical starting dose is 1.5 mg. On average, dosages of low-dose naltrexone (LDN) are approximately 1/10th of the typical addiction treatment dosage.

Prescriptions for LDN can be filled by compounding pharmacies that grind up the higher dose tablet into ultra-low doses.

Are there side effects of naltrexone?

Common side effects of naltrexone when used for addiction management include nausea, fatigue, and loss of appetite. While most side effects are mild, serious side effects are possible. The Mayo Clinic provides a comprehensive list of all possible side effects. Side effects are less likely to occur in patients taking low doses of the drug.

A 2014 review found that the use of LDN for pain relief was “well tolerated” by patients and that there was “low reported incidence of adverse side effects.”

Research on low-dose naltrexone for pain relief

  • Results of a review conducted in 2014 indicated that “Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) has been demonstrated to reduce symptom severity in conditions such as fibromyalgia, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and complex regional pain syndrome.” The review found Crohn’s disease to be the condition with the most scientific support when it comes to the efficacy of LDN for pain relief.
  •  A 2018 review found that “Clinical reports of LDN have demonstrated possible benefits in diseases such as fibromyalgia, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, complex-regional pain syndrome, Hailey-Hailey disease, and cancer.”
  • According to a 2020 review, “Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) has shown promise to reduce symptoms related to chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia, inflammatory bowel conditions, and multiple sclerosis.”
  • A systematic review conducted by the University of Michigan School of Dentistry concluded that “Low-dose naltrexone provides an alternative in medical management of chronic pain disorders as a novel anti-inflammatory and immunomodulator. It can offer additional management options, as orofacial pain conditions share characteristics with other chronic pain disorders.” Authors of the study consider the drug “a good option for patients with orofacial and chronic pain, without the risk of addiction.”

What pain management specialists say about LDN

According to an article published by Weill Cornell Medicine in September 2020, their pain management specialists have had success treating chronic pain patients with low-dose naltrexone. When interviewed, Dr. Neel Mehta, said, “Generally, my patients report pain relief greater than 50 percent, that they’re sleeping better, or can return to work. And some patients end up responding well to doses as low as 0.1 for reasons we don’t yet completely understand. Patients are experiencing good results with low harm in these early studies.”

In an article published by NPR, Dr. Bruce Vroorman, an associate professor at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the author of the above-mentioned 2018 review, was interviewed. According to the article, “Vrooman says that when it comes to treating some patients with complex chronic pain, low-dose naltrexone appears to be more effective and well-tolerated than the big-name opioids that dominated pain management for decades.” He said that LDN is a “game changer” for some chronic pain patients.

In an interview with Michigan News, orofacial pain specialist Elizabeth Hatfield discussed the use of LDN. She said, “We found a reduction in pain intensity and improvement in quality of life, and a reduction in opioid use for patients with chronic pain.” She went on to say that it is best used on centralized pain disorders including fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome, and TMJ.

Low-dose naltrexone may be a possible treatment for long COVID

According to a recent article published by Reuters, Dr. Jack Lambert, an infectious disease expert at University College Dublin School of Medicine, ran a pilot study on the use of LDN for long COVID. Lambert has reported previous success in using LDN to treat pain and fatigue associated with chronic Lyme disease.

After being treated with LDN for two months, the 38 pilot study participants reported improvement in energy, pain, concentration, insomnia and overall recovery from COVID-19.

Lambert is preparing to run a larger trial to confirm the results. He believes it is possible that LDN may work to repair the damage done to the body by the virus. 

Conclusion

Low-dose naltrexone appears to be safer and more effective for chronic pain than widely used opioids. It might be worth a try if you’re in chronic pain and want to avoid, reduce or eliminate the use of opioids. It’s important to find a knowledgeable healthcare provider who can guide you in terms of dosages and how to taper off of opioids safely.

Other options that involve oral administration of a substance in order to avoid, reduce or eliminate the use of opioids while safely improving pain relief include marijuana, CBD, kratom, an anti-inflammatory diet, nutritional supplements including vitamin D and magnesium.

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Christine Graf is a freelance writer who lives in Ballston Lake, New York. She is a regular contributor to several publications and has written extensively about health, mental health, and entrepreneurship.  

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COVID Spreads Through Floors & Walls. COVID, Masks, & Shots Cause Low Oxygen & Blood Clotting So Why Are People Still Wearing Masks?

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/12/22-0666_article

Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022

Probable Aerosol Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through Floors and Walls of Quarantine Hotel, Taiwan, 2021

Hsin-Yi Wei, Cheng-Ping Chang, Ming-Tsan Liu, Jung-Jung Mu, Yu-Ju Lin, Yu-Tung Dai, and Chia-ping Su
Author affiliations: Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan (H.-Y. Wei, M.-T. Liu, J.-J. Mu, Y.-J. Lin, C.-p. Su); Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan (C.-P. Chang, Y.-T. Dai)

Abstract

We investigated a cluster of SARS-CoV-2 infections in a quarantine hotel in Taiwan in December 2021. The cluster involved 3 case patients who lived in nonadjacent rooms on different floors. They had no direct contact during their stay. By direct exploration of the space above the room ceilings, we found residual tunnels, wall defects, and truncated pipes between their rooms. We conducted a simplified tracer-gas experiment to assess the interconnection between rooms. Aerosol transmission through structural defects in floors and walls in this poorly ventilated hotel was the most likely route of virus transmission. This event demonstrates the high transmissibility of Omicron variants, even across rooms and floors, through structural defects. Our findings emphasize the importance of ventilation and integrity of building structure in quarantine facilities.

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/why-spike-protein-causes-abnormal-blood-clots-200-symptoms

Why Spike Protein Causes Abnormal, Foot-Long Blood Clots, 200 Symptoms

In this two-part paper, we aim to give an overview on COVID-19 related abnormal blood clots, how they form, how to detect them early, and how they’re being treated
Dr. Yuhong Dong and Dr. Jordan Vaughn
 
Nov 5 2022
 
Excerpts:
 
Physicians have summarized a list of unusual clinical observations of COVID-19 including but not limited to severely hypoxic (low oxygen) patients despite relatively normal lung compliance upon examination, thrombotic complications, and consistent autopsy findings of blood clots (thrombi) in the microcirculation of the lung.

Spike Proteins trigger the clotting cascade

Spike Protein dysregulates RAAS, and competitively inhibits the bindings of antithrombin and heparin cofactor II, worsening the clotting

Spike Proteins directly disrupt the clot dissolving mechanism

Spike Proteins form amyloid-Like substance

The experimental COVID gene-therapy injections contain the spike protein and have caused clotting

Since blood vessels are in all our organs, clotting in the vessels would explain the wide range of symptoms experienced

(See link for article)

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**Comment**

Not to be Captain Obvious, but hopefully the knowledge that COVID can pass through floors and walls and consists of a spike protein that causes low oxygen and breathlessness, clearly shows the worthlessness and indeed danger of mask usage since masks also cause hypoxia.

An eleven month old just DIED from mask asphyxiation in Taiwan.

Don’t get me wrong. There are times to wear a mask for short periods of time, like when you are restoring furniture and kicking up saw dust when using a sander, or when you are dealing with scary chemicals that could damage your lungs. Please, by all means, wear a mask when you are participating in such endeavors!

However, if you still are under the false belief that a mask can stop a virus smaller than the pores in the mask, you are following pseudoscience and propaganda. Throw those suckers away and breathe. Deeply.

What the study should have emphasized is the fact you can not stop viruses. Period. They simply must run their course through a population. What you can productively do is make yourself a tougher target by taking appropriate action for creating a healthy immune system. You can also be prepared with safe, effective, cheap treatments to take early on, should you become ill.

Corrupt public health has made this quite difficult if not impossible by censoring, banning, and maligning anything that competes with their lucrative, vested interests with Big Pharma. These corrupt public health agencies have successfully frightened the public into taking an expensive, experimental, ineffective, and a dangerous gene therapy shot they own half the patent on.

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Upcoming ILADS Event on Methylene Blue

Upcoming Events
Make sure to mark your calendars for these upcoming events and look for registration announcements coming soon.

  • Webinar – January 17, 2023 – Topic: Methylene Blue
    • Free for members/$49 for non-members

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NSAIDs: Unsafe for Chronic Pain

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NSAIDs: Unsafe for Chronic Pain

NSAIDs: Unsafe for Chronic Pain

By: Cindy Perlin, LCSW

The Problem

If you take any of the following nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for pain relief you are putting your life at risk: aspirin, celecoxib (Celebrex), diclofenac (Cambia, Cataflam, Voltaren-XR, Zipsor, Zorvolex), ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil), indomethacin (Indocin), naproxen (Aleve, Anaprox, Naprelan, Naprosyn), oxaprozin (Daypro), piroxicam (Feldene). This may come as a shock to you. After all, these drugs have been around for decades and many are available over the counter.

It has long been known that NSAIDs increase the risk of potentially fatal stomach and intestinal adverse reactions including bleeding, ulcers, and perforation of the stomach or intestines. These events can occur at any time during treatment and without warning symptoms. Elderly patients are at greater risk for these adverse events. Aspirin alone causes over 3000 deaths annually in the United States.

NSAIDs, except for aspirin, increase the risk of a potentially fatal heart attack or stroke, according to an FDA advisory issued in July, 2015. The FDA warned that “those serious side effects can occur as early as the first few weeks of using an NSAID, and the risk might rise the longer people take NSAIDs”. “There is no period of use shown to be without risk,” says Judy Racoosin, M.D., M.P.H., deputy director of FDA’s Division of Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Addiction Products. People who already have cardiovascular disease, particularly those who recently had a heart attack or cardiac bypass surgery, are at greatest risk. However, “Everyone may be at risk – even people without an underlying risk for cardiovascular disease,” says Racoosin.

Heavy or long term use of NSAIDs can also cause kidney damage.

Unfortunately, another widely available over the counter pain reliever, acetaminophen (brand name Tylenol) also carries significant risks. If used long term at higher than recommended doses or in individuals whose liver function is compromised, acetaminophen can cause liver failure. Liver failure is fatal without a liver transplant. Acetaminophen is the most frequent cause of liver failure in the United States today.

The Solution

With prescription opioids becoming increasingly restricted due to concerns about addiction, as well as growing evidence that they may cause more pain over the long term, what can a chronic pain patient do?

Fortunately, there are many safe and effective natural treatments for chronic pain. Here are some things you can take for pain relief: medical marijuana, CBD oil, kratom (a Southeast Asian herb that the FDA and DEA are currently trying to ban based on false allegations that it is unsafe), wild lettuce, turmeric, omega 3 fatty acids, homeopathic remedies such as arnica, ruta or hypericum, magnesium, vitamin D3 and many other herbs and nutrients. Here are some things that you can do: acupuncture, biofeedback, chiropractic, EMF treatment, exercise, hypnotherapy, low level laser therapy, massage, nutritional therapy, physical therapy, psychotherapy and much more. Some combination of these treatments can not only reduce your pain, they just might heal the underlying problem and eliminate your pain for good. 

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**Comment**

Lyme/MSIDS patients often cope with intractable, grueling pain.  The stuff that stops you in your tracks & brings life to a grinding halt leaving you a shell of your former self.

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Is Geert Right? Let’s Hope Not.

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Is Geert Right? Let’s Hope Not.

Rather than control the pandemic, vaccines now appear instead to be contributing to it—with alarming implications, Vanden Bossche warns.

Mary Beth Pfeiffer

This article is part of a publishing collaboration between RESCUE and Trial Site News.

Virologist Geert Vanden Bossche predicts a vicious wave of covid-19 that will be driven by the vaccinated, or, more accurately, by the scientifically dubious policy of repeated mass vaccination. (Mary Beth Pfeiffer)

ANTWERP, Belgium—I spent nearly three hours in this historic city on October 11 in an interview with Geert Vanden Bossche, who has devoted years to studying the complex interplay between vaccines and the human immune system. In our talk, this Belgian veterinarian-turned-virologist and vaccine researcher made unsettling predictions for the future.

I can only hope that Vanden Bossche, 62, is wrong. Let’s for the moment assume he is, that there are significant variables that can and often do intervene. That will make this story easier to read as well as write.

From the start, I asked Vanden Bossche to speak, uncharacteristically for him, in as simple terms as possible.

The short version is this: He predicts a vicious wave of covid-19, with cases already rising in parts of Europe. The coming re-emergence of SARS-CoV-2 will escalate quickly, he contends, and make all other waves pale in comparison. It will, he believes, be driven by the vaccinated, or more accurately, by the misdirected and scientifically dubious policy of repeated mass vaccination.

Vanden Bossche has long asserted that the global covid vaccination program, unprecedented in human history, would put enormous pressure on the virus to mutate; his warning has repeatedly been proven true. While the unvaccinated gained long-lasting, adaptable natural immunity from covid infection, the vaccinated harbor a confused and mostly unhelpful array of old-variant anti-spike antibodies; Vanden Bossche believes these so complicate the immune response that more serious disease from new variants will result. In the vaccinated, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, he predicts, will imminently turn a corner from more contagious to more virulent.

“The losses will be huge,” Vanden Bossche, dressed in a scarf and light jacket, told me across a table in a sunny outdoor café. Hospitals will be overwhelmed, he believes. Stability will be shaken.

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**Comment**

Geert has stated this all before here:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/05/05/the-big-vaccine-spin-coming-covid-catastrophe

  • mass vaccination drives viral immune escape
  • In the countries whom have undertaken mass vaccination, (UK, Israel, USA), they will initially experience a drop in infectivity rates, but they will inevitably suffer from a steep incline in severe COVID cases in the weeks to come (Which has now been experienced)

Geert is not alone. Nobel Prize winner, Luc Montagnier, a French virologist has also expressed similar beliefs:

  • The vaccines don’t stop the virus, they “feed the virus,” and facilitate its development into stronger and more transmittable variants
  • New virus variants will be more resistant to “vaccination” and may cause more health implications than their “original” versions
  • Mass “vaccinations” are a “scientific error as well as a medical error,” and an “unacceptable mistake,” he said

Dr. Paul Marik, chief scientific officer for the Front-line COVID Critical Care Alliance states COVID mutations have become less harmful.  Omicron was less virulent.  And while Marik agrees with Geert that the mRNA shots are harmful he doesn’t quite follow the doomsday predictions.

Dr. Sin Hang Lee, a pathologist and published expert in molecular diagnostics, also believes covid will become “less of a problem even with ADE (antibody dependent enhancement) infection. We will live with it (with all its descendants) for a long time.”

In response to critics, Geert states their criticism has nothing to do with science.  He also believes Africa will win the battle due to strong immune systems and only 24% of the population getting the COVID shots, compared to 64% worldwide.  Geert doesn’t mention it, but the other reason is many regions of Africa regularly take ivermectin, a known COVID prophylaxis that stops viral replication that has been maligned and banned by ‘the powers that be.’

But Dr. Lee presented context due to the flawed COVID tests and that many of these supposed new cases might be nothing more than the seasonal flu as the test can not distinguish between the two nor can it even identify variants.  Then there’s the whole cycling debacle as well as the “died with or died from” debacle.

Dr. Tess Lawrie believes that while humanity is in grave danger we have the power of choice and the first choice should be to forego all COVID shots followed by a following a healthy diet and lifestyle as well as following the detox guide on the WCH website.

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