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ME/CFS Moderate → substantial

Verapamil, a calcium-channel blocker, eases my symptoms

ME_guyforums.phoenixrising.mePublished Sep 2016

Condition
ME/CFS
At worst
Moderate (mostly housebound)
Ill for
multiple years
Published
Sep 2016

Summary

Verapamil ER, a non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, was started at 120mg and later raised to 180mg extended-release, taken each evening for several years by the time of posting. Illness duration before starting is not stated. He reports night sweats and body-temperature swings cut by roughly 75-80%, muscle aches, brain fog and stiffness down about 40%, and his migraines eliminated entirely. He still experiences post-exertional malaise if he overdoes activity, so the drug is described as ongoing symptom control rather than a cure, with no indication he has stopped taking it.

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What they credit

POTS medicationCalcium channel blockers (nimodipine, amlodipine, verapamil)

Symptoms mentioned

Brain fogHeadaches & migrainePain & fibromyalgiaPost-exertional malaiseTemperature regulation

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