After 26 Years of Hell, the Pridgen Protocol Does it for X
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
- Ill for
- 26 years
- Published
- Dec 2017
Summary
The patient, identified only as "X", used the Pridgen Protocol under Dr. Pridgen — Famvir (an antiviral) combined with Celebrex (an anti-inflammatory) — though the page gives no specific doses or treatment duration. He had been ill for 26 years, dropping rapidly from full health to mostly bedbound in 1990 with fatigue, post-exertional malaise, pain, light and noise sensitivity, cognitive issues, gut problems, vertigo, and orthostatic intolerance. As of the December 2017 write-up he was "almost recovered" and able to lead a normal lifestyle, though no percentage or scale is given. The page provides no follow-up on whether this held, faded, or required continued treatment.
What they credit
Credits Antivirals, Famvir / famciclovir (Pridgen).
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Brain fog, Gut problems, Light & noise sensitivity, POTS & dysautonomia, Pain & fibromyalgia, Post-exertional malaise.
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