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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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New Study & Leaked Docs Show Massive Government, Media, Big Tech Collusion to Censor Dissenters. Judge Rules Fauci et al. Can’t Slither Out of Depositions, Yet

**UPDATE**

Go here to listen to Senator Hawley rip into DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his agency’s collusion with Big Tech to suppress the speech of US citizens, as well as potentially targeting certain individuals as “domestic terrorists” for questioning COVID origins, “vaccine” safety, and other related controversial subjects.  Go here to stop this madness.

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Groundbreaking: Study Details How Media, Big Tech Censored Doctors and Scientists Who Challenged COVID Narrative

A groundbreaking new scientific paper published Tuesday exposes the suppression and censorship of doctors and medical experts who opposed and challenged the official COVID-19 narrative.

Published in the sociological journal Minerva, “Censorship and Suppression of Covid-19 Heterodoxy: Tactics and Counter-Tactics,” details the experiences of medical professionals who spoke out against public health directives, and how they responded to efforts to suppress them.

The paper was co-authored by a team of Israeli and Australian scholars, including Yaffa Shir-Raz of the University of Haifa in Israel, Ety Elisha of The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College in Israel, Brian Martin of the University of Wollongong in Australia, Natti Ronel of Bar Ilan University in Israel, and Josh Guetzkow of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.

As noted by Dr. Robert Malone, himself an outspoken critic of COVID-19 “orthodoxy,” the publication of this article is particularly significant as Minerva is released by “mainstream academic publisher” Springer, a “Q1 journal in its subfield” of sociology with a “decent” research impact factor in the social sciences — meaning that it enjoys a strong reputation within its academic field.

Malone said the article also is notable because one of its authors, Yaffa Shir-Raz, “broke the story with video from the internal meeting at the Israeli ministry of health” on “how they hid many of the key findings regarding the Pfizer mRNA vaccine adverse effects.”  (See link for article)

SUMMARY:

  • Media, tech companies played a central role in stifling COVID debate
  • These companies used censorship and smear tactics to destroy the reputations & careers of dissenters
  • This suppression of scientific dissent has far-reaching implications for medicine, science and public health
  • The study interviewed scientists and doctors globally who have experienced this but remain anonymous
  • Results show that the media and the medical establishment both used censorship and suppression against dissenters including:
    • exclusion (media stopped interviewing and accepting opinion pieces from dissenters)
    • derogatory labeling (anti-vaxxers, COVID deniers, dis/misinformation spreaders, conspiracy theorists)
      • Bought-out “fact checkers” were used to publicly undermine dissenters & social media removed posts, tweets, videos and even deleted accounts claiming dissenters violated “community rules.”
    • hostile comments
    • threatening statements (dissenters weren’t allowed to identify themselves with their institution when being interviewed or when expressing their views – as a condition of renewing their contract)
    • dismissal by employers (defamation with intention to harm dissenter’s reputations & careers. Many were disqualified from prestigious positions without due process or transparency)
      • The media was then used to spread the negative information around
    • official inquiries (investigations with threats to withdraw medical licenses, lawsuits with financial claims, and police searches of private clinics)
      • Please read & watch a video about Dr. Jackie Stone from Zimbabwe & how she faced four charges & was found guilty of two.  Other persecuted doctors are listed as well.  **UPDATE** This article states Stone was fined on two charges but faces no jail sentence.  She plans to fight back.
    • revocation of medical licenses
    • lawsuits
    • retraction of scientific papers after publication (often without peer review or unprecedented time taken to publish the material)
      • Tactics are consistent with Jansen and Martin’s framework on the dynamics of censorship, where covering up, devaluing, reinterpreting, and censoring information through official channels while intimidating dissenters are used
      • Despite this persecution, which caused “shock and surprise,” respondents remained undeterred and decided to fight back using counter-tactics due to their strong belief in the freedom of speech and their concern for public health
        • Counter-tactics include use of alternative channels to get their information out, creating a parallel world to mainstream media and medicine (a lot like Lymeland). New journals and non-profits were created due to the failure of existing ones
    • Study authors contrasted their paper with “Online Conspiracy Groups: Micro-Bloggers, Bots, and Coronavirus Conspiracy Talk on Twitter.”

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Leaked Documents Reveal Homeland Security’s ‘Expansive’ Influence Over Social Media Censorship

Internal U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memos, emails and public documents outline “an expansive effort” by DHS to influence tech platforms, despite the Biden administration’s failure earlier this year to launch a Disinformation Governance Board.

Leaked government documents reveal that U.S. government officials have access to a special portal through which they can directly flag Facebook and Instagram posts and request that the posts be “throttled or suppressed,” The Intercept reported Monday.

As of Oct. 31, the “content request system” at facebook.com/xtakedowns/login was still live despite the public uproar earlier this year when attorneys general in 20 states threatened legal action unless the Biden administration immediately disbanded the “Orwellian” Disinformation Governance Board.

Mark Crispin Miller, Ph.D., professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, told The Defender that collusion between the U.S. government and media companies to censor U.S. citizens is nothing new — but it’s become a “catastrophic trend.”  (See link for article)

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https://www.activistpost.com/2022/11/judge-hands-biden-admin-huge-setback-in-big-tech-government-censorship-case

Judge Hands Biden Admin Huge Setback In Big Tech-Government Censorship Case

November 4, 2022By Zachary Stieber

The Biden administration’s attempt to block depositions of several key officials was turned down Nov. 2 by a U.S. judge.

U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee, rejected a request for a partial stay of his Oct. 21 order authorizing the depositions of eight officials, including President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Government lawyers asked the judge to impose the partial stay as an appeals court weighs a request to vacate the part of his order that enables the depositions of Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, a Biden appointee; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly, a Biden appointee; and Rob Flaherty, a deputy assistant to the president.

Absent a stay,

“high-ranking governmental officials would be diverted from their significant duties and burdened in both preparing and sitting for a deposition, all of which may ultimately prove to be unnecessary if the Court of Appeals grants” their request, the government said.

(See link for article)

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**Comment**

This case (Missouri v. Biden) is a lawsuit alleging that the U.S. government induced censorship of state officials and others on social media.  Altogether, 67 officials or agencies are accused of violating plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights by participating in a “censorship enterprise” through pressuring Big Tech firms such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter to take action against users offering alleged misinformation.  Go here for a list of the defendants, and here for a list of the plaintiffs.

Evidence backing the claims has been produced in discovery, including exchanges between White House officials and Meta, Facebook’s parent company, and messages showing meetings between administration officials and the firms.

Regarding the partial stay, the judge ruled that the government failed to show how these government employees paid with our tax dollars would be harmed apart from being distracted from their “significant duties.” Anyone paying attention for the past two years has learned that those significant duties primarily consist of censoring, giving misinformation, attacking dissenters, lying, and funding fraudulent research that supports the accepted narrative.  Their narrative.  And yes, they’ve been feverishly busy without any oversight.

On the other hand, the plaintiffs according to the judge, would be irreparably harmed by a partial stay because they’ve alleged a violation of the First Amendment and the loss of Amendment freedoms.   

“The Court finds that both the public interest and the interest of the other parties in preserving free speech significantly outweighs the inconvenience the three deponents will have in preparing for and giving their depositions,” he added.

Finally, someone with a brain.

Fauci’s deposition is slated for this month (Nov.) and others follow in early December unless the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit approves the writ of mandamus.  The writ, predictably, would allow these crooks to slither back into their well protected holes from which they can continue to cause unprecedented mayhem far above the law.

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“What we found in what the whistleblowers put out was that the government was actually engaged—and the White House—in directly communicating with Big Tech on stories and information that they either wanted suppressed or put out,” says Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry.

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Lyme & Herxheimer Reactions: Your Guide to Feeling Well Again

Lyme + Herxheimer Reactions: Your Guide to Feeling Good Again

by Dr. Bill Rawls
Updated 8/18/22

It’s one of life’s cruel chronic illness jokes: You discover a new therapy for Lyme disease and are really optimistic about your odds of finally feeling better. Then, within a day or two of starting the regimen, your symptoms take a turn for the worse — intense fatigue, insomnia, and pain wash over you, and you feel like you did during your worst days of chronic illness. Could it be the dreaded Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction you keep hearing about from others undergoing Lyme treatment?

Unfortunately, answering that question is no easy feat. To help you better understand what’s happening, we’ll explain Herxheimer reactions and the best ways to differentiate them from other possible issues. Keep reading for advice, plus steps you can take now to feel better — without derailing your recovery.

Herxheimer Reactions, Defined

Herxheimer reactions were first observed in syphilis patients by dermatologists Adolf Jarisch and Karl Herxheimer in the late 1800s and early 1900s. They noticed that their patients receiving treatment often got worse before they got better. The phenomenon was dubbed the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction and has since been shortened to Herxheimer reaction, herxing, or simply, herx.

“The classic explanation of a Herxheimer reaction in people with Lyme is that when borrelia bacteria are killed off by an antibiotic or herbal therapy, parts of dead bacteria called endotoxins are shed,” explains Dr. Rawls. “These endotoxins then circulate throughout the body and cause an intense whole-body inflammatory reaction. And that makes the war against microbes that’s already going on inside your body worse.”

In general, herx reactions are more common and more intense with conventional antibiotic use than with herbs, says Dr. Rawls. “With herbs, the bacterial die‐off is more gradual, and the immune response is less intense.”

Either way, the intensification of your symptoms can be disconcerting, and if you’re treating Lyme, the odds are good you’ll experience herxing: While there’s no clinical research on the prevalence of herxing, anecdotally, it seems the majority of Lyme patients experience it at some point. And provided it’s not too intense, that’s actually good news: “It’s often a sign that the therapy is working,” says Dr. Rawls.

How To Tell If It’s Herxing—Or Something Else

Herx reactions can throw you for a loop for a few reasons.

For starters, symptoms vary from person to person, says Dr. Rawls, and they’re easy to confuse with other health concerns that are also highly likely in those with chronic Lyme, including a disease flare-up, adverse reaction to a new Lyme treatment, or food sensitivities (digestive issues are highly common in people who have Lyme). What’s more, the timing of any of these issues can also overlap, making it difficult to track your symptoms to their source.

For help clearing up the confusion and determining what’s to blame for your symptoms, check out these helpful identifying characteristics:

HERX REACTION

Symptoms: Intensified fatigue, muscle pain, neurological symptoms, and flu‐like symptoms such as headache, nausea, and digestive distress. You may also experience symptoms not listed here; herx reactions are highly variable between individuals.

Onset: Symptoms intensify in tandem with starting a new therapy.

Telltale signs: Symptoms may gradually improve with the continuation of therapy and worsen again when you increase the dosage or add a new therapy.

LYME FLARE-UP

Symptoms: Intensification of fatigue, arthritis (joint pain, swelling, and stiffness), flu-like feelings, GI distress; there’s a recurrence of your usual Lyme symptoms.

Onset: Symptoms are often precipitated by any extra stress to your system (including emotional stress, poor diet, toxin exposure, physical stress, lack of sleep, or a new tick bite). Symptoms are not related to starting a new therapy, though the two may coincide if you experienced stress just before starting the therapy.

Telltale signs: Your best clue is timing: A Lyme relapse typically occurs while taking a stable dose of treatment and in reaction to some type of stress, so look for recent lifestyle changes (i.e., diet changes, travel, sleep deprivation, relationships trouble, mold exposure).

ADVERSE TREATMENT REACTION

Symptoms: An allergic-like reaction (hives, itching, skin rash, runny nose, watery eyes, wheezing). This is common in people with chronic Lyme disease, whose entire immune system is in disarray and more easily activated.

Onset: Symptoms develop within about an hour of taking a new medication or herb

Telltale signs: Your symptoms get better when you take an allergy remedy such as an antihistamine. *See your doctor as soon as possible if you experience signs or symptoms of a drug allergy. Call 911 if you experience signs of a severe reaction or suspect an anaphylaxis after taking a medication.

FOOD SENSITIVITY

Symptoms: Fatigue, joint pain, muscle pain, general achiness, brain fog, irritability

Onset: Symptoms occur within hours to a couple of days after an offending food is consumed.

Telltale signs: Your symptoms get better when you eliminate the food(s) from your diet. Doctors can order testing for food sensitivity and heavy metal toxicity, however, the best determinant of food sensitivities is an elimination diet.

If these guidelines don’t describe your experience with herxing exactly, take heart. In the beginning, you may go back and forth between knowing whether what you’re experiencing is a herx reaction or something else, but with time, you will become better at distinguishing herxing and discover ways to ride it out.

It’s Herxing. When Will It End?

If you’ve determined (or strongly suspect) that you’re herxing, your next question is likely: How long will it last?

Unfortunately, there’s no cut-and-dry answer — everyone’s experience is individual, says Dr. Rawls. Some may feel better after a few days or a few weeks; others may experience herxing for as long as two to three months(though symptoms tend to wax and wane throughout that time).

The good news is, there’s a lot you can do to help ease a herx reaction and move beyond the symptoms more quickly. The quickest solution would be to discontinue your Lyme treatment. But that’s not necessarily the best option, says Dr. Rawls.

“Fundamental advice with herxing is to continue therapy at whatever dose you can tolerate. Sometimes you will have to reduce the dose to stay comfortable, but you can increase again later,” says Dr. Rawls. “If your symptoms improve over days to a couple of weeks, that suggests confirmation that it’s a herx. And as your symptoms ease up, you can gradually increase the dose until the desired therapeutic dose is reached.”

If your symptoms do not improve, it may be an indication that the therapy is not working. In this case, Dr. Rawls suggests either increasing the dose or adding other herbs or other therapies. If symptoms gradually start getting better, then you know you’re on the right track.

That said, if your symptoms are debilitating, back off on your treatment dosage or even stop altogether, advises Dr. Rawls. Then, once your symptoms are tolerable, you can gradually increase your dosage again.

6 Smart Ways to Ease Herxing

The number one way to find relief from herxing is to address the underlying cause for needing Lyme treatment in the first place: Factors that stress your cells and impair your immune function.

“Stressed cells are what makes people vulnerable to chronic Lyme,” explains Dr. Rawls. “Restore the health of your cells, and not only will your immune system be better at battling Lyme microbes, your body will be stronger at withstanding the side effects of treatment and overcoming herxing as well.”

To begin, work your way through what Dr. Rawls calls “Cellular Stress Factors,” which contribute to inflammation and intensify either a herx reaction or a Lyme relapse. These include poor nutrition, emotional stress, environmental toxins like air pollutants and mold, physical stress, and excessive exposure to radiation from modern sources like computers, cell phones, and microwave towers.

Once you’ve begun to take the pressure off your cells by decreasing your exposure to these disruptors, your body will be better equipped to handle both microbes and the endotoxins they create as they die off. The result: You start to feel better.

From here, there are a number of additional lifestyle habits you can adopt to help alleviate a Herxheimer reaction — all of which also contribute to restoring cellular health and immune functions and thus contribute to Lyme recovery, says Dr. Rawls. Here are his recommendations:

1. Fresh Ginger Tea

In general, drinking a lot of liquids is a good idea, but fresh ginger tea, in particular, has potent systemic anti-inflammatory properties for reducing Herxheimer symptoms. Plus, it’s great to soothe digestive symptoms. You can make it from fresh ginger root or use organic tea bags.

2. Anti-Inflammatory Therapies

Some good ones to try:

Turmeric and Boswellia

As anti-inflammatory herbs, turmeric and boswellia are excellent for reducing systemic inflammation associated with Herxheimer reactions, and it’s hard to take too much of them either. Dr. Rawls recommends 175 mg of turmeric and 75 mg of Boswellia, twice daily.

Marine Source Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Omega-3 fatty acids offer anti-inflammatory support, especially for high-fat tissues such as the brain. Both fish oil and krill oil reduce inflammation, but krill is better absorbed and also contains the antioxidant astaxanthin, which provides extra anti-inflammatory support. The suggested dose for krill oil is 500 mg, 1-3 times daily.

Red Root

Good for stimulating and clearing dead cellular debris from the lymphatic system, red root also supports a healthy liver and spleen, optimal immune function, and swollen lymph nodes.

Chlorella

A freshwater algae, chlorella does wonders for healing an irritated stomach and restoring digestive function. It’s also great for detoxing and healing in general. The typical maintenance dose is 5 to 7.5g total a day, and for additional support, we suggest 10g total a day. Chlorella can be taken any time of day. For best results, take it with food. (Avoid products that also contain spirulina, a blue-green algae that potentially contains toxins.)

Adaptogenic Herbs

These help reduce herxing and moderate the effects of stress. Some to try:

3. Proteolytic Enzymes

There are a variety of proteolytic enzymes that will work to help break down immune complexes and reduce inflammation. Bromelain (from pineapple) is a good choice; the dose is 500-1000 mg, one to two times daily. It’s sometimes found in combination supplements for joint health. Generally, it’s best to take enzymes on an empty stomach to absorb them directly.

4. Heat Therapy

Heat can be very soothing during herx reactions. A far infrared (FIR) sauna or a hot bath is excellent for removing toxins from the body. Adding Epsom salts to your bath can also help soothe muscles and joints.

5. Fresh Air

Forests and beaches or shores alongside open water are especially beneficial. Take your shoes off and walk barefoot: Called “grounding,” it’s a good practice for reducing inflammation in the body.

6. Relaxation Practices

Decreasing stress is key to normalizing the body’s adrenaline-cortisol response. But even when we feel unwell, most of us still try to push our limits. However, when you’re in the throes of a herx, don’t be afraid (or ashamed) to say “no” if you need to. Only agree to do what’s necessary, and let the rest go until you are back on your feet.

Need some extra help to bring on the calm? Use lavender essential oil. Research suggests it may be beneficial for easing insomnia, anxiety, and stress. Apply it to the bottoms of your feet before bed to help with sleep.

Thoughts on Herx Prevention

There’s a decent chance that if you increase the dosage of your current treatment or introduce a new one to your Lyme regimen, the herxing may return. It’s not entirely avoidable, says Dr. Rawls, but you can take steps to help fend off and reduce symptoms.

For instance, a few days before you change up your therapy, Dr. Rawls recommends adding some extra turmeric and krill oil to your daily routine; these help support a healthy immune and inflammatory response. He also suggests working to curb your mental and physical stress.

In general, the most successful approach to experiencing better health is to focus on reducing cellular stress and restoring healthy immune function. Do that, and you’ll rebound faster from herxing and begin to feel better.

REFERENCES

1. Dhakal A, Sbar E. Jarisch Herxheimer Reaction. [Updated 2022 Apr 28]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557820/
2. Koulivand PH, Khaleghi Ghadiri M, Gorji A. Lavender and the nervous system. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:681304. doi: 10.1155/2013/681304

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Study: IFR Estimates in Non-elderly Populations Lower Than Previous Calculations & Risk of Dying From COVID Was Always “Miniscule”Regardless of Age

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.11.22280963v1

Age-stratified infection fatality rate of COVID-19 in the non-elderly informed from pre-vaccination national seroprevalence studies

Angelo Maria Pezzullo, Cathrine Axfors, Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Alexandre Apostolatos, John P.A. Ioannidis
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.11.22280963

This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?]. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.

ABSTRACT

The infection fatality rate (IFR) of COVID-19 among non-elderly people in the absence of vaccination or prior infection is important to estimate accurately, since 94% of the global population is younger than 70 years and 86% is younger than 60 years. In systematic searches in SeroTracker and PubMed (protocol: https://osf.io/xvupr), we identified 40 eligible national seroprevalence studies covering 38 countries with pre-vaccination seroprevalence data. For 29 countries (24 high-income, 5 others), publicly available age-stratified COVID-19 death data and age-stratified seroprevalence information were available and were included in the primary analysis.

  • The IFRs had a median of 0.035% (interquartile range (IQR) 0.013 – 0.056%) for the 0-59 years old population
  • 0.095% (IQR 0.036 – 0.125%,) for the 0-69 years old
  • The median IFR was:
    • 0.0003% at 0-19 years
    • 0.003% at 20-29 years
    • 0.011% at 30-39 years
    • 0.035% at 40-49 years
    • 0.129% at 50-59 years
    • 0.501% at 60-69 years

Including data from another 9 countries with imputed age distribution of COVID-19 deaths yielded median IFR of 0.025-0.032% for 0-59 years and 0.063-0.082% for 0-69 years. Meta-regression analyses also suggested global IFR of 0.03% and 0.07%, respectively in these age groups. The current analysis suggests a much lower pre-vaccination IFR in non-elderly populations than previously suggested. Large differences did exist between countries and may reflect differences in comorbidities and other factors. These estimates provide a baseline from which to fathom further IFR declines with the widespread use of vaccination, prior infections, and evolution of new variants.

Highlights *Across 31 systematically identified national seroprevalence studies in the pre-vaccination era, the median infection fatality rate of COVID-19 was estimated to be 0.035% for people aged 0-59 years people and 0.095% for those aged 0-69 years.

*The median IFR was 0.0003% at 0-19 years, 0.003% at 20-29 years, 0.011% at 30-39 years, 0.035% at 40-49 years, 0.129% at 50-59 years, and 0.501% at 60-69 years.

*At a global level, pre-vaccination IFR may have been as low as 0.03% and 0.07% for 0-59 and 0-69 year old people, respectively.

*These IFR estimates in non-elderly populations are lower than previous calculations had suggested.

For more:  https://media.mercola.com/ImageServer/Public/2022/October/PDF/mortality-risk-covid-pdf.pdf  Excerpt:

  • Polls taken in 2020 and 2021 revealed Americans were wildly confused and misinformed about their true risk of dying from COVID
  • Based on a new preprint analysis by professor John Ioannidis, there’s no reason for anyone to live in fear anymore, regardless of your age, as your risk of dying from COVID is — and always was — minuscule across the board
  • Before the COVID jabs were rolled out:
    • if you were 19 or younger, your risk of dying of COVID was 0.0003%; only 3 per 1 million infected with COVID at this age ended up dying
    • Between ages 60 and 69, the infection fatality rate was 0.501%, i.e., 1 out of 200 infected died
  • Emerging evidence suggests the shots are causing immune deficiency in some people, thereby actually raising their risk of dying from SARS-CoV-2 infection, even with the now-milder strains
  • The real-world risk of dying from COVID-19 based on published data from the Irish census bureau and the central statistics office for 2020 and 2021 is as follows:
    • for people under 70, the death rate was 0.014%
    • under 50 years of age, it was 0.002%, which equates to a 1 in 50,000 risk, or about the same as dying from fire or smoke inhalation
    • under 25 years of age, the mortality rate was 0.00018%, or 1 in 500,000 risk of dying from COVID

Despite this reality which was stated early on by those who dared to defy the accepted narrative, Harvard has mandated the new COVID booster, threatening to hold enrollment if students don’t comply.  Many places still require masking which has been proven to not only be dangerous, but utterly futile as a new study shows viral aerosols likely spread through the floors and walls.  A porous mask doesn’t stand a chance.

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New Report on COVID Origin, Wuhan Lab Unsafe, No Amnesty for “Pandemic” Authoritarians

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/11/03/synthetic-origin-of-sars-cov-2

Genetic Fingerprint Reveals Synthetic Origin of SARS-CoV-2

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked
Nov. 3, 2022

Story at-a-glance

  • According to new research, the chance of SARS-CoV-2 having a natural origin is less than 1 in 100 million. SARS-CoV-2 has a telltale signature of genetic engineering, not previously identified
  • That genetic fingerprint suggests the work of Ralph Baric, Ph.D., was used in the creation of the virus. There’s a direct match between Baric’s published research — which describes how to hide telltale signs of genetic engineering — and the genetics found in SARS-CoV-2
  • In 2002, Baric invented a technique called seamless ligation, which conceals all evidence of genetic engineering in lab-created pathogens. Baric’s nickname for this technique is the “no-see’m method.” Baric taught the method to Shi Zhengli in 2016, and Shi and her colleagues at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) demonstrated mastery of Baric’s technique in a series of gain-of-function experiments
  • However, while seamless ligation conceals human tampering in lab-created pathogens, the method leaves a signature of its own, and that’s the signature discovered in SARS-CoV-2
  • The findings raise the possibility of liability for the University of North Carolina where Baric works, the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which funded Baric, the WIV and other parties

According to new research, the chance of SARS-CoV-2 having a natural origin is less than 1 in 100 million.1,2 The paper3 was posted on the preprint server BioRxiv October 20, 2022.

(Go here for article)

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**Comment**

The authors of this research (Alex Washburne, Valentin Bruttel, and Antonius VanDongen) are not alone.  Alexis Baden-Mayer also wrote an illuminating article that points to SARS-CoV-2 being a chimera from Chimerica bioweapon for the purpose of creating:

The author points out that the very people behind it all are limiting our understanding by framing the origins of COVID as either a natural “spillover” from an animal “reservoir” or a lab “accident,” and either the work of the China or the U.S. when Event 201, and the history of the U.S. biological weapons program reveal a far more complex and evil scenario.

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http:// Approx. 8 Min

Lab Leak MOST LIKELY Origin For COVID; Report Reveals UNSAFE Conditions At Wuhan Lab

Oct. 31, 2022

The Rising covers the information presented in the top article on the origins of COVID. Further, the commentator brings up an article in The Atlantic calling for “Amnesty” for “Pandemic” Authoritarians.  An excellent article covers this notion:

https://www.activistpost.com/2022/11/you-murderous-hypocrites-outrage-ensues-after-the-atlantic-suggests-amnesty-for-pandemic-authoritarians

“You Murderous Hypocrites”: Outrage Ensues After The Atlantic Suggests “Amnesty” For Pandemic Authoritarians

November 2, 2022

By Tyler Durden

The Atlantic has come under fire for suggesting that all the terrible pandemic-era decisions over lockdowns, school closures, masking, and punishing an entire class of people who questioned the efficacy and wisdom of taking a rushed, experimental vaccine – for a virus with a 99% survival rate in most, should all be water under the bridge.

“We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID,” writes Brown Professor Emily Oster – a huge lockdown proponent, who now pleads from mercy from the once-shunned.

“Let’s acknowledge that we made complicated choices in the face of deep uncertainty, and then try to work together to build back and move forward,” she continues.

Except, they weren’t “in the dark” about Covid.  There were numerous sources pointing out the actual science that ran contrary to the mandate claims, and they were deliberately silenced by a vast media campaign.  Evidence suggests that media platforms worked in tandem with Big Tech, the CDC and the Biden Administration.  It was not a simple matter of overreaction, there was collusion to remove all counter-information.  

Nice try, Emily.

Important excerpt:

The problem was not people’s ignorance of the facts, it was the organized antagonism and censorship against anyone presenting data that was contradictory to the mandate agenda. This is setting aside proclamations like those from the LA Times, which argued that mocking the deaths of “anti-vaxxers” might be necessary and justified.  After two years of this type of arrogant nonsense it’s hard to imagine people will be willing to pretend as if all is well.

The active effort to shut down any opposing data is the root crime, though, and no, it can never be forgotten or forgiven.

People are livid…

(See link for article)

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UPDATE: Hear Dr. Vinay Prasad  as of 10/24:

“I don’t believe in forgiveness because in my opinion, these pieces of sh*t are still lying…”

https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/02/no-mercy-quarter-time-to-crush-branch-covidians  Nov. 2, 2022

No Mercy, No Quarter: It’s Time To Crush The Branch Covidians

Fifteen days to slow the spread turned into, please forget we stripped you of your human dignity.

Those with gatekeeping powers, which they used to kick families off flights and deny Americans with disabilities public services also include government officials, doctors, and celebrities who instructed their followers to cut ties with relatives who refused to wear masks or take the vaccine. And they listened. Uncles were uninvited from meeting their nephews, parents disowned their children, and grandparents died alone in nursing homes.  They threw decades of medical knowledge out the window and replaced it with political propaganda, like proposing people double-mask, while admitting probable aerosol transmission of the virus through floors and walls, closing elementary schools, and dropping patients from the organ donor list. Sadly, there were many who lost all humanity by rejoicing in the deaths or belittling those who didn’t wear masks or get vaccinated.  After virtue-signaling many of these poor souls are ill or dead. (See link for article)

Those who had good reasons not to mask or get the COVID shots were completely vilified and their reasons ignored.  This is not OK.
Medicine and research has been completely destroyed.  Doctors lost:
  1. Professional Autonomy – Doctors lost control of their practices and turned them over to corporations and large insurance companies.
  2. Their Scientific Roots
  3. Their Ethical Mooring – “We are seeing the complete destruction of medical ethics — without which you don’t have a profession.” ~ Dr. Richard Amerling

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Important point from the Activist Post article:

One cannot help but notice that the timing of the Atlantic’s appeal for passive forgetfulness coincides with the swiftly approaching midterm election….

And bingo, you have your answer.

The report by Vanity Fair and ProPublica that published simultaneously with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Minority Committee’s report last week referenced a 2019 biosafety incident at the Wuhan lab which is “under the thumb of the party state” to produce scientific breakthroughs whatever the cost.  This article states efforts are underway to “build on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and make key data more granular and available much more quickly.”

Lessons can not be learned until fault is admitted and that is not forthcoming.

A great example: Biden now claims he “Beat Big Pharma,” when reality paints a far different picture since he mandated unsafe, ineffective, untested toxic gene therapy shots on millions using taxpayer’s money, even going so far as bribing the public into taking shots which don’t stop transmission, infection, severe hospitalization, or death, and have negative efficacy.  Big Pharma is raking in the profits. The FDA has repeatedly mislead, deceived, colluded and defrauded.  And now, FDA commissioner Dr. Robert Califf is personally pushing Pfizer drugs, once again clearly demonstrating a huge breach of ethics.  Corrupt public health has mandated ineffective and dangerous lockdowns and masks which have been found to contain a 2B carcinogen.

The current regime has denied sick patients effective, cheap, safe, life-saving treatments for COVID while approving ineffective, expensive, toxic Big Pharma drugs – again allowing Big Pharma to rake in profits.

This isn’t beating pharma this is aiding and abetting it.

Patients and doctors haven’t had any recourse other than through the court system.  The CARES Act destroyed patient and doctor rights and insured hospitals would only use government approved treatments by giving them kick-backs.  Dissenters have been singled out and mistreated by their own family members and neighbors.  In short, a new form of segregation is allowed and encouraged.

Those entrusted with public health haven’t only failed miserably, they are directly behind the mistreatment of others – including very real segregation, and continue to lie, deceive, manipulate, and push a faulty narrative at all costs despite truth to the contrary – and causing irreparable harm and death.  ICAN just published the fact that the CDC didn’t even bother to collect data on 15 adverse reactions of interest linked to the COVID shots including myocarditis, blood clots, thombocytopenia, and others that are known to occur.

As the old saying goes, “You commit the crime, you do the time.“
  1. First, you can not forgive someone who doesn’t recognize and admit they were wrong. 
  2. Second, you can not forgive someone who hasn’t truly asked for forgiveness, clearly understanding and admitting they were wrong. 
  3. And third, just because someone has the grace to forgive doesn’t absolve the perpetrator from the consequences of their actions (do the time, get fired, pay restitution, etc) and making things right so the crime isn’t repeated in the future. Punishment should teach lessons.
Amnesty for perpetrators of the ‘Plandemic’ would only allow for it to all happen again.

Everything being said by our corrupt public health authorities demonstrates they are not admitting fault.  They want to blame “messaging,” when there are far more important issues such as completely ignoring the Constitution, censoring, banning, and persecuting dissenters, colluding with Big Media, Big Pharma, and Big Tech, overriding our medical/individual rights and privacy for informed consent, not to mention experimenting upon the American public, and much, much more.

Lessons are obviously not being learned as Boston University, funded by NIAID, recently created a deadly new COVID strain with an 80% kill rate in rats.  According to Dr. James Lyons-Weiler:

“The Omicron S-bearing virus robustly escapes vaccine-induced humoral immunity, mainly due to mutations in the receptor binding motif (RBM)”

These words will ring in minds of those in NIAID and CDC and everyone who pushed the spike-only vaccines.

This proves that spike-only “vaccines” caused vaccine escape.
Are our corrupt public authorities admitting this inconvenient truth?  (Answer: no)

Another example of not admitting fault is the continued use of FDA-approved Paxlovid when it is actually connected with a “rebound effect,”  and toxicity that can sometimes cause deadly blood clots which of course will muddy the waters further as the COVID shots are also linked to deadly blood clots leading to heart damage.  How convenient for the guilty.

Yet another example of not learning any lessons is Australia’s bright idea to inject cows with the mRNA gene therapy shot with the spike protein so farmers can remain in business.  Nearly 2 in 10 cows DIED almost instantly.  It is known the toxic spike protein goes systemically into the body shortly after injection which means all diary products and meat will be affected, thereby affecting humans consuming these things.

Payouts for Covid-19 shot injuries in humans are set to explode more than 80-fold to nearly $77 millionby July next year, Australia’s budget papers reveal.  The figure was quietly buried in the Services Australia portfolio budget statement, in a table detailing third-party payments from the agency “on behalf of other entities.” Other figures show that out of 2987 people to apply for compensation, only 59 were successful, with experts describing the rate of payouts as “absolutely pitiful”.  A large survey on tens of thousands of Ausies shows they regret getting the COVID shots.

Does it sound like anyone has learned any lessons?  Anyone admitting fault?

No Dice. No Amnesty!

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Nov. 1, 2022

mRNA Speed of Science Song

“It’s the jab that never did work.”

From the author:

The phrase “speed of science” inspired me to re imagine this classic folk song. American folk music has an incredibly rich history…it was all about telling stories that resonated with people and challenging the status quo. Who’s doing that today? I’m trying to, at least. How many classics do I have to hurl at the algorithm to break through the wall? I guess we’ll have to see. Plot twist: the extreme censorship I’ve experienced ended up inspiring my best work. Please share this and support if you can.

The spike Girls also recently created the powerful parody “The Sound of Silenced Science”.

Go here for an excellent article and here for an excellent news story on how COVID dictators are pleading for amnesty yet are guilty of lying about virtually every aspect of COVID that cost the public their freedoms, their jobs, their educations, and only promoted hatred and segregation.

The treatment of the unvaccinated was unbelievable.

http://  Approx. 6 Min

COVID – 1984

The unvaccinated serve as the control group for this nefarious experiment on humanity and have put up with bullying, discrimination, and segregation. Mistakes were NOT made.  Don’t let them get away with it.

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