Miruvor
ME/CFS Severe → substantial

Seeing some immediate improvement with ARVs

Charles555ncforums.phoenixrising.mePublished May 2014

Condition
ME/CFS
At worst
Severe (mostly bedbound)
Ill for
Not stated
Published
May 2014

Summary

Started Isentress and Truvada after years of antibiotics for comorbid Lyme disease and ME/CFS (also XMRV-positive) had only kept him from "disability." Reports "immediate improvement" and, hedging with "if I had to guess," attributes "85% of my improvement" specifically to Isentress. Improvement plateaued and then increased further after escalating the dose to three Isentress and one Truvada; no relapse mentioned in the May 2014 window covered by the thread, but long-term durability is not established.

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What they credit

AntibioticsAntiviralsDoxycycline and other antibioticsLyme / co-infection protocolsTenofovir / antiretrovirals

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