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Members shared mixed experiences with low-dose naltrexone (LDN) for rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, with some reporting quick... Read more
My rheum said yesterday that there is a placebo effect the first few days on a med and to give it 2-3 months to see how it really does .
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He probably gets a
Larger kickback from them ! You don’t have to take what your doctor rx . Everyone, please DO YOUR RESEARCH AND BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE ! Ask him for LDN !
I have a friend who started taking this for her Lupus a few years ago and she has had amazing results. Lupus is what they thought I had at first so I asked to be referred to the same rhuemetologist as I figured he would already be familiar with it. But even before he concluded that I probably have fibromyalgia and polymyalgia rhuematica he refused to even consider it, instead putting me on mint-hydrachloroquine which I found out at my last eye appointment could cause blindness and that I may have an eye issue developing already. I tried to stop taking it but that week was horrible. I would like to know what kind of success you have as I would like to try again to get the doc to consider it.
It’s the best of the fibro drugs with no or little side effects . I chose to be drug free , but I told my rheum about it after I
Researched and he agreed that it would be his choice for me if I ever were to go on drugs , which i will not . Go for it if you want drugs .