Long COVID symptoms including neuropathy, now recovered after metformin
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jan 2022
In their words
- Now: Recovered
I ended up being put on a Glucose Dumping Agent (Metformin) and all my symptoms reversed and a bonus of weight loss.
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Summary
Tulip 55521 was prescribed prednisone three times, and each ten-day course at 25 mg made their symptoms better, but their doctor would not prescribe a long low dose. In January 2022 they said metformin had reversed all their symptoms, including neuropathy, and brought weight loss.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- prednisone · Helped
I've been prescribed prednisone three times and each time it made it better.
In context ↗ - Glucose Dumping Agent (Metformin) · Helped a lot
I ended up being put on a Glucose Dumping Agent (Metformin) and all my symptoms reversed and a bonus of weight loss.
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Approaches: Other drugs and medicines
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | cough and breathlessness eased during three prednisone coursesI've been prescribed prednisone three times and each time it made it better.In context ↗ | Not stated | Corticosteroid pulses |
| 2022-01-11 | all symptoms reversed after metformin, plus weight lossI ended up being put on a Glucose Dumping Agent (Metformin) and all my symptoms reversed and a bonus of weight loss.In context ↗ | Near normal | Metformin |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Neuropathy & tingling
The neuropathy was really the final straw.
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