What is Naltrexone?
Naltrexone, in low doses such as 3mg to 4.5mg, has been found to boost the immune system in MS, autoimmune diseases, and central nervous system disorders. Naltrexone was FDA-approved in 1985 for the management of alcohol dependence and opioid dependence at 50mg doses.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Slow my MS progress | 222 |
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63 |
| Other | 33 |
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11 | ||
| Fatigue | 24 |
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11 | |
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 14 |
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3 | ||
| Mobility | 13 |
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5 | ||
| Bladder problems | 10 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Naltrexone. See all 23 dosages ►
| 3.5 mg all the time (24/7) | daily | 0.4 mg daily | 1 daily | 1 mg daily | 1.5 mcg daily | 1.5 mg daily | 1.5 mL daily | 1.75 mg daily | 2 mg daily | 2 mL daily | 4.5 mg | 2.5 mg daily | 3 mg daily | 3.5 mg daily | 4 mg daily | 4.25 mg daily | 4.5 mg daily | 5 mg daily | 6 mg daily | 9 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 380 mg daily | ||
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3
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11
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74
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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25 | 46% |
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Other
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13 | 24% |
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Side effects too severe
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12 | 22% |
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Doctor's advice
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8 | 15% |
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Personal research
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3 | 6% |
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Expense
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3 | 6% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 4% |
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Not indicated
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2 | 4% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 83 patient evaluations
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- bridgetparsons
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- bridgetparsons
- 4 mg daily
- since May 22, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for General health
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips This is not a stand alone treatment.You have to be in optimal health(proper nutrition,supplementation,gluten and casein free,Treating candida albicans and ad... See full evaluation
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- Chatnj
- Sex: M
- Sensation: None
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- Chatnj
- 4.5 mg daily
- since May 12, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Choose a good compounding pharmacy. Make sure that slow release is not what is filled. Take it before sleep at night. See full evaluation
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- Muppet74
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: None
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: mild
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: mild
- See profile
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- Muppet74
- since Jan 14, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Slow my MS progress
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Have not been taking for a full week and I already have nothing but praises to God for this medicine!! See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.