Science-Based Medicine » Low Dose Naltrexone - Bogus or Cutting Edge Science?

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May 7

Hey !

I am a retired physician and totally agree with your comments regarding the recent "review article"of LDN.

There is "something" to LDN. Just what remains to be determined. But to reject LDN out of hand is very short sighted. I've been taking LDN for post-herpetic neuralia and it has helped me.

But other unexpected effects have occured also. My Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy has been much less bothersome at night, some precancerous skin lesions have cleared up, and I sleep much better at night (I'm 66yo). And the vivid dreaming has been an interesting phenomenon.

I've tried a number of nocturnal doses of naltrexone, ranging from 2 to 5mg. I've found that 4 to 5mg leaves me a bit groggy the next morning. I've settled on 3 to 3.5mg as my usual dose. I assume that is the amount of nalrexone that saturated my opiod receptors. Other people will have more or less receptors requiring more or less naltrexone.

Another fascinating aspect of naltrexone is that it could function as a cancer prophylactic. As an aging adult I'm concerned about prostate and colon cancer. Taking a trivial amount of a safe drug that could prevent these deseases seems to be pretty cheap insurance to me.

The bottom line is "we don't know" just what benefits LDN might offer. But I think it will turn out to be one of the keys to boosting aging immune systems.

Larry

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, I appreciate your analysis of the article, and I agree that it was

written by an LDN " denier " -- people who simply cannot imagine that so

simple a mechanism could be so powerful, to the point that they simply

cannot allow any information in that would persuade them. You also wrote:

>Basically lumping it into the same category as homeopathy and other

> " fringe " treatments (no offense to anyone who believes they've been helped

>by homeopathy; in a few cases it may be valid, IMHO, but in general my

>opinion is that it's based on some extremely unscientific concepts).

and:

> More research is absolutely indicated....but in the meantime, there has

> to be a balance between what we know as individual patients and what the

> science has yet to " prove. "

Please consider that those of us who have no trouble understanding the

concept behind homeopathy, and who have been helped by it, and whose pets

(animals who have no placebo effect) have been helped by it, might have

written the same things about homeopathy.

with best wishes,

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