The LIFT trial (OMF) - Pyridostigmine (mestinon) and Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)

Does anyone have news of the Covid-19 to ME/CFS conversion study that was supposedly launched in 2020?

Also, has the LDN/Mestinon trial been registered?

 

OMF just posted an interview with Dr. Systrom. Very discouraged here: gives the impression that Mestinon & LDN will help, and then doctors everywhere will be able to prescribe this off label. IN the USA many pts have tried the two already, years ago. CFS doctors were offering it to try. Pts did try. Sometimes there was a little bump upward, but it never lasted.

 

Merged thread

"Today Dr. Jonas Bergquist sits down to chat about OMF's first clinical trial, The Life Improvement Trial (LIFT). This clinical treatment trial is a major step towards understanding and treating Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID more effectively. What is The LIFT? Conducted under the direction of David Systrom, MD, Director of our Harvard Collaboration and Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD, OMF’s Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Uppsala University Collaboration, The LIFT is a randomized, double-blind placebo trial that will investigate two particular drugs: Pyridostigmine (commonly known as Mestinon) and low-dose naltrexone (LDN) separately and together as a combination. Dr. Bergquist speaks more on trial setup, expected timelines of the trial, why this is an important first step, and more."

transcript available at link

 

are they aware of this trial also called LIFT
https://www.s4me.info/threads/cogni...atic-diseases-lift-2022-bachmair-et-al.28302/

 

I wish they'd stop making up funny names and call it what it is. The Mestinon/LDN trial.

 

Yes, I've developed a tic that's triggered by acronyms, thanks to British psychosomatic research.

 

I might be completely wrong side out today but the acronym and trial title annoy me no end. Very crass for people who are bedbound housebound and severely disabled for decades. Sounds so happy clappy. I spent a year on ldn to no avail.

 

PACE yourself, LIFT is coming.

 

Video interview in Swedish. Bergquist talks about the LIFT study for the first two minutes. Published by RME.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB7KSdaPh2w