Valcyte 2013: 9 months
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 3 years
- Published
- 2013
Summary
Index entry credits RUkiddingME with roughly a year of Valcyte (antiviral) for ME/CFS improvement. No further detail on severity before or durability was available beyond the index listing.
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