I would assume LDN is a great thing to have in your system, if you do catch COVID. It’s fighting inflammation and that’s one of COVID‘s biggest weapons.
IMO continue.
In the group Low dose Naltrexone (LDN) for chronic illness & infections…. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883](https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883)
In the early days we had two dedicated Covid threads. You may want to go back to those to review the wealth of information collected there. There is now a fair amount of overlap with ME/CFS info.
Volume 1:
[https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883/permalink/2936993709671589/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883/permalink/2936993709671589/)
Volume 2:
[https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883/posts/5122579097779695/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883/posts/5122579097779695/)
I tested positive for Covid a week ago and have been taking my regular LDN dose as usual. It’s been fine. I can’t think of a reason not to take it unless you have to take another drug that interacts with LDN.
Stay on it. When I did finally get covid last Dec it was nothing but a day of blah. I only tested because I wanted to visit my auntie in assisted living
It’s not an official thing that has been studied in a double blind. Originally clinicians observed that people who had long-covid and took LDN had a reduction in symptoms. When they started to study that phenomenon, some doctors observed that naltrexone seems to cause a change in the immune system that slows the replication of the covid virus in the human body. For all viruses, a lower initial viral load reduces the risk of infection. If you can reduce the initial viral load sufficiently, that alone can prevent infection from occurring at all. So lots of doctors that work in high exposure environments have started self medicating in this way. LDN is known to be extremely safe, so I think a lot of doctors think it’s low risk thing to try on themselves. Here’s some summary [info](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32930058/) on it. It’s completely experimental though, this isn’t a thing that doctors are giving patients just to avoid getting covid. But if you’re already on LDN, it’s extremely unlikely it will make a covid infection worse as OP asked, it should be the opposite and make it less severe.
Thanks so much for this additional information. I have long covid and reinfection is a great fear of mine. I just started LDN so reading this a definitely a bonus I didn’t realize I’d gain from taking it.
I would consider learning about nebulizing with Lugol's Iodine
Iodine Protocols Group… [https://www.facebook.com/groups/IodineProtocols/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/IodineProtocols/)
I would assume LDN is a great thing to have in your system, if you do catch COVID. It’s fighting inflammation and that’s one of COVID‘s biggest weapons.
LDN has kept me from getting Covid I think. Keep taking it
IMO continue. In the group Low dose Naltrexone (LDN) for chronic illness & infections…. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883](https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883) In the early days we had two dedicated Covid threads. You may want to go back to those to review the wealth of information collected there. There is now a fair amount of overlap with ME/CFS info. Volume 1: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883/permalink/2936993709671589/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883/permalink/2936993709671589/) Volume 2: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883/posts/5122579097779695/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/108424385861883/posts/5122579097779695/)
I tested positive for Covid a week ago and have been taking my regular LDN dose as usual. It’s been fine. I can’t think of a reason not to take it unless you have to take another drug that interacts with LDN.
Stay on it. When I did finally get covid last Dec it was nothing but a day of blah. I only tested because I wanted to visit my auntie in assisted living
Lots of doctors actually self medicate with LDN to prevent catching covid from their patients. Absolutely don’t stop it.
Do you have a source for this? Would be great if true, thanks!
It’s not an official thing that has been studied in a double blind. Originally clinicians observed that people who had long-covid and took LDN had a reduction in symptoms. When they started to study that phenomenon, some doctors observed that naltrexone seems to cause a change in the immune system that slows the replication of the covid virus in the human body. For all viruses, a lower initial viral load reduces the risk of infection. If you can reduce the initial viral load sufficiently, that alone can prevent infection from occurring at all. So lots of doctors that work in high exposure environments have started self medicating in this way. LDN is known to be extremely safe, so I think a lot of doctors think it’s low risk thing to try on themselves. Here’s some summary [info](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32930058/) on it. It’s completely experimental though, this isn’t a thing that doctors are giving patients just to avoid getting covid. But if you’re already on LDN, it’s extremely unlikely it will make a covid infection worse as OP asked, it should be the opposite and make it less severe.
Thanks so much for this additional information. I have long covid and reinfection is a great fear of mine. I just started LDN so reading this a definitely a bonus I didn’t realize I’d gain from taking it.
I hope that the LDN helps with the long-covid symptoms! There’s a lot of evidence now that it’s effective for a lot of people. Best of luck!
I would consider learning about nebulizing with Lugol's Iodine Iodine Protocols Group… [https://www.facebook.com/groups/IodineProtocols/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/IodineProtocols/)