Low Dose Naltrexone: a Complete Game Changer

Discover the potential benefits of Low Dose Naltrexone. It's not something you can get through your regular pharmacy, and it's not naltrexone, which is used for alcohol abuse or opioid toxicity. It helps with pain by blocking the opioid receptor and toxins of endorphins, as well as your natural anti-inflammatory hormones or chemicals. Tune in to learn more about low dose naltrexone!
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[@NoFe87]

This feels weird. The guy is stating in the opening minute that it's not the same Naltrexone as the one used for opiod toxicity? But it actually is, just in a lower dosis.

[@joshuajellybean384]

Great information but the music was way too loud and distracting

[@j.a.c3813]

I agree!

[@PouraniiEskandari-cq5jm]

I started 1.25 just 3 days ago for fibromyalgia and already feeling better

[@hansolo3504]

Did you have the weird dreams they talk about?

[@BarnyRumble]

I am on 4,5 mg for lyme disease in Ireland chronic fatigue, pain, kidney pain, heart pain, it's a big help

[@downtoearth1982]

How does it help and the symptoms it works with the max..Iam also a CFS and fibro patient.Would be of great help on how you worked with it

[@BarnyRumble]

@@downtoearth1982 you CFS and fibromyalgia I would consider finding a Lyme disease Dr like Dr Richard Horowitz , book called why I can't get better ,same video on KZbin, ldn helps with immune system repair, I don't no the action s of the meds but I just feel improved on it I would also suggest that you change your diet to alkiline the body maybe juice and steak for 12 months maybe you have a crypto infections that's hard to detect,

[@justincox5745]

Try Osha Root tincture for lymes! Go figure on youtube

[@BernadetteDevlin-l6w]

Can I ask I see your in Ireland . Can I ask did your Gp give it to you

[@BernadetteDevlin-l6w]

No thy won’t give it to me , as thy said only for people that’s coming off drugs and drink ..I’m so sad as I was really looking for it . I’ve been on that muc( meds over the yrs .im so tiered , what’s 5he point off living in pain if=your own Gp won’t help 🥲

[@teresashelley]

It makes a HUGE difference in my sleep. I’m menopausal and I stopped it for a week recently and I didn’t sleep good and I kept waking up burning hot (menopause 😢). I started it back and slept like a baby under the covers with a normal body temp all night.

[@ThisBloke760]

I’m taking it for ME/CFS and I’m getting my life back. I’ve recommended it to my daughter for the same reason, and a friend for an injury from a particular enforced medication. Not only are we getting relief but also educating GP’s and specialists in our small city as well as a nearby larger city.

[@baileystruss7319]

Not completely true about not being able to take with opiods. In the case of ULDN around 0.1mg or lower it can potentiate and lessen tolerance.

[@j.a.c3813]

I just have very vivid dreams. Still have them a year later. Im on 1.5mg. i tried to go up to two mg but i couldnt sleep. I took it on the am early, still couldnt sleep. Went back down to 1.5mg. Overall it has helped me a lot.

[@melbird-dw3su]

LDN has helped me tremendously for Long Covid, it has really brought down the inflammation and pain. I settled at 3 mg which works for me, target was 4.5 mg, but did cause a fainting spell so backed down to 3. It has incredibly boosted my immune system as well, as I am not catching every single thing out there, which I was while suffering so from Long Covid. So grateful for it! Wish he would take more time in enunciating and slowing down, this is important information!

[@ashleylala4293]

Thank you for sharing. Man am I happy to hear that! I just started taking it for long Covid. My immune system is a mess. I’ve had awful flus all summer long and I really can’t take it anymore. I’m so tired of being sick, I just want to live my life. I just started taking .5 mg 4 days ago and man is it messing up my sleep. I really hope I start seeing benefits and immune system improvement.

[@melbird-dw3su]

@@ashleylala4293 Hi Ashley, so glad it was prescribed for you but sorry to hear about the sleep disruption. I remember the doc telling me it could do that and cause vivid dreams (whatever that actually means) but I haven't really experienced that either. I take my LDN about 10 am each day, don't know what time you are taking yours. By four days, I was feeling improvements and they worked the dosage up slowly, 3 mg is all I can manage. I liked the 4.5, but sudden fainting is dangerous, so brought it down. I will say, that if I forget to take it, I feel in a full blown crash, that's how much difference it makes for me. Also, it actually does boost your immune system so you aren't always catching everything, but then LC crashes feel as bad a covid or flu's, hard to tell which is happening. I hope you feel improvements soon, may have to wait for noticeable improvements when they increase your dose. Another point made to me by my doc, was she chose a particular compounding pharmacy in Golden CO, due to their consistent quality. I wonder if that is something to consider too. Thanks for responding, always good to share with other LCers and I wish you great improvement very soon. Hang in there. FYI, I am in no way back to my normal life, but just being able to get up, shower, do a little, is better than the prior suffering. I am going back to work for two afternoons a week, just to get by, after four and a half years of being so sick. Hope you can be patient, but the improvements should help you have hope! Best Wishes!

[@brianhood8827]

Wow he talks fast lol

[@ThisBloke760]

Playback at 0.75

[@taylorkurz-kirtangopal3249]

Such an informative LDN video, thank you. I feel LDN has saved my life! Are there studies of LDN interactions with psilocybin?

[@dshepherd107]

Shouldn’t be an issue, although if you were using psilocybins, I’d take them a few hours before the naltrexone.

[@susan4789]

When I tried LDN.? I had like a twinge in my brain Right in the middle of my. Brain, it felt like someone squeezed it for a second.. When the medicine hit my brain and I did have a headache. My doctor gave me a new lower dose. But now i'm afraid to take it Are there any side effects like this listed anywhere?

[@Misslou2425]

Who prescribes this? I am so so tired of my chronic pain.

[@chiaraboccelli4189]

My thyroid antibodies were 602 a few months ago. I immediately started taking LDN 1.5 mg, now I am on 4.5 mg and my antibodies number are 164. A GAME CHARGER 💯

[@sueanneduerson9241]

Were you taking thyroid medication and were you able to get off of it? I’m on 90 mg NP Thyroid and 4.5 mg LDN. I just wonder if others have been able to get off their thyroid med.

[@romaniamyland6191]

Thank you. Great video

[@ryanodonnell4184]

I have ME/CFS and i had to go all they way down to .1mg, i feel better! ME/CFS people tend to be hyper sensative to LDN.

[@celestialskydancer762]

Started 2 days ago at 0.1 ml, too strong for me so will half it tomorrow

[@ryanodonnell4184]

@@celestialskydancer762​​⁠i still feel .1mg might be too strong but im def doing better. In a couple weeks im going to have my pharmacy compound liquid LDN in almond oil. That way i can use sub .1mg dose and titrate up by micrograms. A lot of people with ME/CFS having success with this. The whole “tough out the side effects till your body adjusts” attitude needs to go. Starting at lower doses makes more sense. No need to put your body through that.

[@wendyclement2706]

I have hypothyroidism, hashimoto antibodies are only 12. I'm on the liquid 1 milligram per 1 mill... my dr prescribed .5 mill to start. I'm sensitive to meds so I started at .15 and increasing every 5 days or so but never made it to .5.. the highest I got was .4, but this caused anxiety attacks like I've never had. I did notice that prior to getting there I would feel like my thyroid was going over active (165mg compounded natural desiccated porcine thyroid). I would skip taking the thyroid meds for a few days. It surprised me being that my antibodies are so low that I would experience such extreme swing. I'm on the LDN for pain (migraine and fibromyalgia) all I ever take for pain is aleve and herbs. All I can take that doesn't mess with my thyroid meds is .1 a micro dose. Any advice on how to regulate would be appreciated.. thanks

[@LifeDIY]

Hi Wendy, I hope things are going well. I can relate to what you experienced and have some non-medical advice for you. When you were raising your LDN dose and experiencing an increase in anxiety (+ feeling like you became hyperthyroid) - the anxiety is likely due to swinging hyper (in my experience). This has happened to me many times years ago and as a result, I was directed to stop by thyroid medicine for a few days to calm things down (stick with my LDN dose) and then when I started back on thyroid medicine, I was told to lower the dose by 1/4 grain. If that would trigger the issues again, I'd need to stay off the thyroid medicine for a few more days and then try again and it always worked. Many people think their anxiety is from the LDN when the thyroid is functioning better and the thing to do is to slowly titrate the thyroid medicine down. This is what I did anyway. This isn't medical advice - so always bring everything up to your doctor. But, this worked so well for me years ago that I got off of all thyroid medicine. I did (years later) need to go back on it but it's likely because I stopped LDN for many years too. I am now taking LDN again and it helps a lot.

[@Jeffmurphy-n6v]

This is habit forming , withdrawl from this drug can be far worse than opiods ..is this guy paid by the drug industry??

[@1150chapman]

Please state your facts.

[@debbieredfern2267]

This drug LOW DOSE NALTREXONE has zero withdrawal symptoms. I just stopped it for 4 weeks, nada, zip, zero withdrawal effects. I do wish people would read about what he is referring to before making ignorant comments . This IS NOT the drug at 50ml level used for alcholism and drug withdrawal. It is used in tiny amounts from 0.1ml to 4.5ml which produces an entirely different effect. It is a repurposed drug and has been used in this way for over 40 years. In fact is is now used in the lower doses as a very effective adjunct to cancer treatment drugs . For many people it is a game changer. Please look up the medical facts about this drug and then you can make a useful comment😊

[@SuV33358]

I had zero issues with withdrawal when I stopped naltrexone. However I recommend tapering. It's not habit forming

[@adamsapple7193]

Noooooo

[@Goliad_Respector]

Are you crazy? All it does is BLOCK the receptors to the point if you take too much you can get depressed until you get used to it, but it’s sort of the opposite of opiates. Full antagonists ARE NOT HABIT FORMING.

[@littlequeen22]

Oh my gosh, I’ve been taking it in the morning. Ugh

[@mrsmichelewatson]

On the LDN video website (the official org one) the pharamacist says that it can interfere with REM sleep. I take mine at 1pm. You can take it also in morning.

[@joshuajellybean384]

If I were both of you I’d still take ldn at night, nighttime is when you body produces endorphins naturally so ldn can only make your body produce even more endorphins when taken at night

[@leaperrins8373]

It's the same as naltrexone, it's just a much smaller dose.

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

No. It it does the opposite of naltrexone. Paradoxical effect is when tiny or low doses do the opposite of larger doses.

[@carolehibbert7304]

It has a different action on the brain to Naltrexone.....so it's not the same.

[@leaperrins8373]

@@carolehibbert7304 It's still the same drug, just a much lower dose. I never claimed that the effects were the same, just that the drug was.

[@NoFe87]

@@carolehibbert7304 It is identical to Naltrexone. The fact that a lower dosis has a different outcome, doesn't make the drug any different.

[@NoFe87]

@@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking It's still the same drug

[@goldbamboo516]

I take ldn in the morning and I take hydrocodone at night. Absolutely no change with the pain relief from the opioid. As long as it's spaced far I have had absolutey no negative issues... just positive.

[@goldbamboo516]

As per my physician by the way.

[@joshgreer3527]

I drank some niqul while it was still in my system thought I was going to die and seen stuff the next day that I know wasn't there I'm going to quit taking it if a dose of nyquil is going to try to kill me went to doctor and was scared to tell them I was seeing things I relapsed after a month sober on it if it was helping me it stopped really quick and the sweets and dizziness were already bothering me I would try antabuse but scared it will kill me

[@hansolo3504]

What did you see?

[@joshgreer3527]

@@hansolo3504 I'm not sure but it kinda looked like people that were see through and something like green strings trying to turn into something

[@hansolo3504]

@@joshgreer3527 what was in the NyQuil that would interact with naltrexone?

[@debbieredfern2267]

And yet again we have someone talking about NALTREXONE and not LOW DOSE NALTREXONE. ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. 😮

[@ashleylala4293]

NyQuil is horrid and my body hates it. I’ve always had hallucinations and agitation from NyQuil and benedryl every since I was a teen.

[@ashleylala4293]

I just started this 4 days ago at .5 mg and man is it messing up my sleep and making it even harder for me to wake up in the morning. I am really hoping this side effect passes quickly.

[@GreenlifeFin]

Do you take it in the morning?

[@mosbyjessica]

What about taking Imodium?

[@aleksandrabazinska5544]

I've been taking. 4.5 mg for 2 years and still can't tell what it does. Clearly does nothing for my inflammation.

[@damianfitz8287]

Try lowering or raising dose. Everyone is different as far as what is the happy level.

[@debbieredfern2267]

Why continue to take it then? You don't continue to take a drug that does nothing for you. Maybe if you stopped for a month you may notice things that definitely were better when you took the drug. Or maybe like me after 4 years on it for Hashimotos at 4.5ml I became resistant to it and took the compounding pharmacist advice to take a 1 month break from and then start again at 1ml. What I noticed during the break from it was, 1)my restless legs returned at night, 2)my blepharitis returned, 3) pain I my right breast implant which I am waiting to have removed, 4)itching skin in creases of elbows and back of knees, 5) not sleeping well, 6)slight anxiety. I have been without these symptoms for so long I had totally forgotten about them. The main purpose of the drug for me was to reduce the antibodies relating to Hashimotos, but all these other things it helped were pleasing extras😊

[@davidkruse4030]

Is this guy drunk?

[@elisabyler3421]

I seriously doubt it. He is a Doctor, he is probably tired.

[@75pdubs]

Yes

[@chiaraboccelli4189]

He drank with yo momma!

[@PatrickCarter-i5f]

maybe 🤔

[@debbieredfern2267]

I don't know why you say that, except maybe you are😅

[@Anamaria-ew8lh]

By its anti-inflamatory properties.

[@yashnanda3427]

I can't get it in India 🥺🥺

[@Vgeyshbsvshshbvvss]

Compound the 50mg dose yourself in 50 ml water and take it with the help of a dropper

[@popokatapetl6995]

​@@Vgeyshbsvshshbvvss1 pill 50 mg goes with 50 ml watter, right

[@samhouston1483]

Did nothing for me like everything else

[@johnathanabrams8434]

What was the underlying condition ? What were you expecting from it ?

[@Hansen23900]

Some say it can take over 6 months to help and it’s cheap enough to do that for most people

[@johnathanabrams8434]

@@Hansen23900 who are these some? What are these some medical condition ? Seems like LDN cures everything?

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

​@@johnathanabrams8434it helps conditions associated with nerves, pain, & inflammation. It is assumed it does so by suppressing microglial agitation / overactivity in the brain. Some other mechanisms too, such as stimulating endorphins. Just because many conditions involve chronic nerve pain, pain and general, and inflammation - doesn't mean it "cures everything." It's now being discovered that inappropriate nerve signaling plays a gigantic role in the cycle of keeping chronic conditions bad, without recovery. For a sprained ankle - the body causing inflammation makes sense. Hurts a lot, but, helps healing. But not when you have a chronic condition. That makes it worse. Chronic inflammation is itself, like a disease.

[@carolehibbert7304]

It took 9 months to work for me...

[@johnathanabrams8434]

Ive watched 10 videoes on low does naltrexone and still dont know what this medicine is intended to treat. How does low dose naltrexone work on myofascial pain syndrome / central sensitization ?