https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03710-0
Posted by @rvallee in COVID thread but deserves its own thread.
Published in Nature
Abstract
Though SARS-CoV-2 primarily targets the respiratory system, patients and survivors can suffer neurological symptoms1–3. Yet, an unbiased...
@alanlevinovitz going after Bret Weinstein on Twitter today. BW is one of the heroes of the “intellectual dark web” and BW was spouting-off some anti-vaccine/non-science based/contrarian nonsense re Covid. Glad that AL is doing this.
Has anyone had any experience with either of these 2 epilepsy drugs? There are some persistent anecdotal reports that these are helpful for MECFS symptoms.
This old survey showed that patients perceived that topiramate was one of the most effective drugs that people had taken...
And I got a nice reply......
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I just wrote her to please ask Koroshetz to provide any evidence that "Long Covid" with the exact symptoms of ME/CFS is a novel disease, and mentioned that NIH has vastly underfunded ME/CFS research, and that NIH might be deflecting...
https://hk.asiatatler.com/life/wai-yuen-tong-young-yum-pills-traditional-chinese-medicine
https://www.posharpstore.com/en/wai-yuen-tong-young-yum-pill-24-capsules
2nd link lists ingredients.
Maybe I need to wait until they release the not-so-young Yum pill version…..
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/world/canada/canada-brain-disease-mystery.html?referringSource=articleShare
Mysterious Brain Syndrome Stumps Canadian Doctors
One of the comments in the comment section references MECFS.
The positive response to anti-virals is likely due to a mechanism *not* related to killing/ inhibiting viruses. This was pointed out by Naviaux, but I can no longer find it on his website.
EDIT— here it is
https://www.omf.ngo/viruses-and-cfs-statement-by-ron-davis-and-bob-naviaux/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_C
Another example of a chronic virus that can make people sicker over time.
I do think that MECFS patients get worse over time. I also think that the chronic, sub acute virus concept is a dead end and won’t pan out—mostly an opinion, but also because...
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