Hormonal Health and Wellness Inflammation & Low Dose Naltrexone in Cross Roads, TX | Cross Roads Hormonal Health & Wellness
Low Dose Naltrexone helping fibromyalgial pain.
Low-dose naltrexone for the treatment of fibromyalgia: protocol for a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
To me, it says probable autoimmune component in fibromyalgia ; LDN is taken by people with autoimmune diseases, and fibromyalgia patients have success with it
Cetirizine and allopurinol as novel weapons against cellular autoimmune disorders - PubMed
Some people with autoimmune diseases take cetirizine
The use of low-dose naltrexone (LDN) as a novel anti-inflammatory treatment for chronic pain
Fibromyalgia patients are having success with it; LDN has an immunomodulatory effect, and to me this also bolsters the case for an autoimmune component in fibromyalgia.
Modafinil goes well beyond addressing fatigue.
I take Nuvigil (armodafinil) which is an isomer of Provigil (modafinil), which was shown to reduce neuroinflammation. Nuvigil takes away a lot of my pain.
Modulating the immune response with the wake-promoting drug modafinil: A potential therapeutic approach for inflammatory disorders - PubMed
This would explain why the isomer of modafinil that I take, armodafinil, greatly reduces my pain
Caffeine and Modafinil Ameliorate the Neuroinflammation and Anxious Behavior in Rats during Sleep Deprivation by Inhibiting the Microglia Activation
Neuroinflammation being a factor, plus modafinil use. In my case, armodafinil works well for pain (Nuvigil).
Immunometabolic modulatory role of naltrexone in micro glial cells
Suggests fibromyalgia has An autoimmune component