The Guanfacine Gambit: Treating Brain Fog in Long COVID
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 1.5 years
- Published
- Dec 2022
Summary
Trudy takes guanfacine together with NAC, on a modified schedule of half the prescribed guanfacine dose every other day and a full pill on the days between. She had already had fibromyalgia for over 25 years and had been dealing with long COVID for 1.5 years, including bad brain fog and short-term memory loss, when she reported a 50 percent improvement in her brain fog. She says she isn't sure how long she wants to stay on the medication, so as of her comment the benefit was holding but not confirmed as durable.
What they credit
Credits Other prescription drugs, Supplements, Guanfacine, NAC and glutathione.
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