Tenofovir (Viread), Raltegravir (Isentress) Cures ME/CFS Patient Sick for 20 Yrs? Tenofovir Poll
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
- Ill for
- 3.5 years
- Published
- Oct 2017
Summary
Keela Too, housebound/using a wheelchair or mobility scooter for three years, took tenofovir for a year with regular kidney monitoring, adding sodium bicarbonate from the six-month mark. Gains built slowly from about month 4 to a peak at month 10, greatly reducing PEM and improving walking and flexibility, and mostly held for close to a year after stopping the drug, with some ups and downs.
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What they credit
Credits Antivirals, Tenofovir / antiretrovirals.
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