Hi,
I sent the link to the pharmacy, because that is the pharmacy I used to get
LDN, well actually 50mg tabs of Naltrexone. I have been trying to get a
prescription for it from a doctor since August, but I have not had success.
My family doctor is still reading up on it, the neuro I saw this summer
could possibly be waiting for his hospital to finish their testing on
rats(lucky rats). In the meantime, I went on line last week and bought LDN
without a prescription. And, yes, it is a prescription drug.And, no you do
not need a prescription at riverpharmacy.com. I have read on the web where
people have been using LDN since at least 2004 for neurological problems and
other illnesses. No one came and told me either, I just found it out, by
luck.
--- No, You cannot get it from just any pharmacy, sorta. LDN stands for Low
Dose Naltrexone. Naltrexone is a drug for addiction - alcohol or drugs. It
comes in 50mg doses. With LDN you use only 1.5mg/ml - 4.5 dose. So, to get
the low dose it must be compounded by a pharmacist. Or, you can do like I do
and take the 50mg tab and dissolve it in distilled water and measure out
with a syringe(the 50mg tab you can get it from any pharmacy) . This is the
URL for the LDN homepage: http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/ This has the
information you need to understand all this. Also, below I have put another
link. This site also will help you.Someone who knows much more about this
than I did mention LDN on the list a month or so go and she did not get much
of a response.
I did not write about this any earlier to the TM list, as I have only been
taking it since last week. The first night I took it ( it is taken once a
day before bedtime), I felt so good I could not believe it. My spasms were
gone and I could feel my body (I am numb and stiff all of the time).. I
could not run around the house, but I actually felt like I might be able to
give it a good try. Usually I am not sure if my feet are next to each other
or on top of each other when I lie in bed, but I could after the first
dose. Most of the good effects did not last more than a few hours. THe 2nd
night I became agitated, hyper from the dose. I did not take any for 2 days.
The next dose I took was a lower dose and ws fine. I have been slowly
improving and raising my dose to 3mg. I did not say anything before as I did
not want to give any false hopes to anyone.Nor did I what to get my own
hopes up. But, people with MS and many other illnesses have been having
unbelievable results with this. Of course, there are those who do not have
success.
LDN is a FDA prescription drug, but there have been no clinical studies here
in the USA for its use for humans with other illnesses (except for Crohn's
and one presently going on for Fibromyalgia in Mechanicsburg, PA). Since it
is so cheap it is taking and has taken a long time for any group to get
around to testing it for diseases other than addiction.Drug companies would
lose big bucks if it were found that LDN worked better than their expensive
drugs. But, an approved FDA drug can be prescibed for another illness if you
can get a doctor to do it. All this is explained on LDN homepage. I guess
many doctors are waiting for human trial results. Have to ask the doctors
that question.
I do not know why we have not been hearing about this on the TM list. All I
care about is that I have had a chance to try it. And, I did want to let
other list members know about it.And, I did want listers to hear about it
from someone they know, like me so you might give it a look. I just am not a
doctor and I do not want to play one. So, I guess I did not give much info
my first email. It sounds too good to be true, but it seems for many it is
like a miracle. I hope if any of you try it you have good results. Sorry if
this is long, hope it makes some sense. I care about all of you and maybe
this will help some of you.
God Bless,
Natalie B
http://ldn.proboards3.com/index.cgi? -- This is a LDN message board. On
this page you will find more links. There is also a low dose naltrexone
list on yahoo groups you can join.
On 11/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
LDN (Low Dose Naltrexone) ? What is it?
I see that several of you are having good results, less pain and less
banding, but why am I hearing of it all of a sudden, and why, Natialie, was
your doctor so reluctant in prescribing it to you? Is this drug something
one can get over the counter? If so, why, the doctor in the first place?
Why give us the name of a specific pharmacy? It seems as though it might be
found in any good drug store.
Of course, now I want to try it because, like Lyrica, a few people feel
better when taking it. Then, after a month or so the same people are going
back to their previous medications. Like I did a month or so ago. I get so
confused and don't know what to think...
Peace To All,
Jude
