Low-dose naltrexone (LDN): Tricking the body to heal itself

Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine ^ | September 2, 2011 | Unknown

[decimon]

Something about opioids ping.

[bvw]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imiquimod

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resiquimod

[umgud]

Lots of med breakthru’s. If I’d been born 30 years earlier, I could probably live 30-40 years longer.

[decimon]

Thanks.

[de.rm]

"My doctor said if I take very good care of myself from now on I could get very sick & die."

Rodney Dangerfield

[Marty62]

What good is this going to do us. Obamacare will probably not pay for any treatments. Especially if it is really a CURE. Here’s hoping they have a real breakthrough. Human trials are the test that counts.

[Revolting cat!]

"Removal of endogenous OGF by antibody neutralization in cultures given a short-term opioid receptor blockade by NTX eliminated the repressive effects of this peptide on cell proliferation, indicating that the repercussions of short-term NTX exposure in vitro was dependent on OGF."

That's what I've always said! But would you listen? Noooooooo!

[GOPJ]

bump

[decimon]

"Removal of endogenous OGF by antibody neutralization in cultures given a short-term opioid receptor blockade by NTX eliminated the repressive effects of this peptide on cell proliferation, indicating that the repercussions of short-term NTX exposure in vitro was dependent on OGF."

That's what I've always said! But would you listen? Noooooooo!

I was listening. That glaze on my eyes was pure hate. ;-)

[Monitor]

Ok, all smartass jokes aside, I have an auto-immune disorder, whereby my body attacks my own platelets, so I have a low platelet count.

This might have some interesting applications.

Printing this out for my doc. Thanks!

[decimon]

Yeah, why not? If your doctor says there’s no harm to it then it’s worth a try.

[JDoutrider]

Thanks for the article. I’m taking low dose naltrexone (eight micrograms per day) in conjunction with a chronic pain medicine program... The theory is the naltrexone helps reboot pain receptor cells which makes the existing ongoing therapy respond better. It does work!

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Naltrexone has another interesting off-label use as well. The Sinclair Method is a treatment for alcoholism where the alcoholic continues to drink as per usual, but takes a naltrexone pill every time they drink. The theory is that the naltrexone gradually chemically "extinguishes" the alcoholic's interest in drinking. I was skeptical about this, but a friend of mine has been using naltrexone this way for about six months and has made great strides in reducing his drinking. I was kind of amazed. Worth a look if you know a stubborn person with an alcohol problem. (And you can get the pills from Canada with no Rx.)

[Cvengr]

Putting the pain back into gain?

[decimon]

Good to see it’s working. Good luck with the therapy.

[kara2008]

Ping

[martin_fierro]

If I’d been born 30 years earlier, I could probably live 30-40 years longer.

[aimhigh]

LDN has been touted for MS, but my wife tried it with no positive results.

[Marty62]

Humm. Why would they use it for MS? Or were they just running a trial?