The Nicotine Patch: Long COVID, ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia (Patient 2)
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Dec 2023
Summary
This second case-series patient used a 7.5 mg/24h nicotine patch daily, a dose that was doubled at one point by mistake, for concentration problems, fatigue and post-exertional malaise. Her concentration was restored by day four, and fatigue and PEM were gone by about the third week of use. At six-month follow-up she remained healthy, indicating the improvement held.
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Brain fog, Pain & fibromyalgia, Post-exertional malaise.
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