How it went
Did it last?
- 1 of 9 said the benefit wore off: the one who relapsed.
- No one said they needed to keep it up to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 2 | 22% |
| Near-full | 2 | 22% |
| Substantial | 0 | 0% |
| Partial | 4 | 44% |
| Relapsed | 1 | 11% |
| No benefit | 0 | 0% |
Only 9 accounts. Treat these percentages as anecdotes, not rates.
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 3 | 33% | |
| Severe | 1 | 100% | |
| Very severe | 2 | 100% |
3 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
Who published these accounts
Right-hand number: share describing a full or near-full recovery. Pages that sell something, and advocacy sites, tend to publish only the successes.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention Baicalein and quercetin, per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 184 | 5.4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1,491 | 4.0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1,708 | 1.2 |
| 2014 | 20 | 2,352 | 8.5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2,158 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1,431 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3,110 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 16 | 2,201 | 7.3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1,075 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 15 | 2,581 | 5.8 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1,867 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1,166 | 0.9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1,000 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1,237 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1,019 | 0.0 |
| 2026 (so far) | 5 | 840 | 6.0 |
Posts in the forum threads we archived, 26,806 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These threads all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 9 accounts
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I'm normal now. Here's my promised update for y'all
Started with IFN lambda combined with GS-441524 for underlying Enterovirus B infections, which brought about 60% improvement, then moved to a multi-drug antiviral regimen described as molnupiravir, GS-441524, Vermurafenib, ribavirin and pleconaril plus…
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What is the evidence for histamine as a possible cause of ME/CFS symptoms?
Took diamine oxidase (DAO) situationally before high-histamine meals, plus nettle tea raised from one to six bags a day after a histamine spike, with quercetin and bromelain. Explicitly did NOT follow a low-histamine diet, stating that histamine in food was…
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Dr Chia finds enterovirus ME/CFS patients given remdesivir remain in remission (Teodora)
A long COVID patient with associated enterovirus involvement. A Paxlovid course produced remarkable reductions in pain and improved energy, but stopping it triggered a horrendous symptomatic rebound. A later molnupiravir course gave only modest benefit by…
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An ME/CFS Expert Helps a Long-COVID Patient Recover
A nineteen-year-old developed POTS and mast cell symptoms after a mild PCR-confirmed COVID infection, leaving him with a wellness score of 45 out of 100 and out of in-person classes for about fifteen months. Under Dr Peter Rowe at Johns Hopkins he was…
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Cured my Echovirus 11 (pretty sure)
Took quercetin 500mg twice daily plus Metagenics Ultra Potent-C (500mg vitamin C, 35mg niacin) twice daily against very high echovirus 11 titres ("too high for a real number"), which produced an "awful" seven-day Herxheimer-type reaction. Wrote "I believe I…
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Antihistaminic flavonoids: Quercetin, Rutin... especially Luteolin
A Swanson luteolin-plus-rutin product produced a nice, peaceful, easy feeling within about an hour for sregan, posting on a thread specifically about luteolin and related antihistaminic flavonoids. She noted her mood improved when she took it in the morning,…
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90% cured from bed bound with Histrelief / Histame / Daosin
After being diagnosed with a DAO deficiency, xlynx reports "90% recovery" from being bed/wheelchair-bound, with obvious effects from the first week and full effect by about 3 months, durable for 6 months at the time of posting. She frames it as ongoing…
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Battle of the NAD boosters poll (NMN, NAD+, NR)
Trans-resveratrol, combined with NMN, TMG and quercetin, gave this ME/CFS patient an "enormous energy boost" by their own description. Doses and length of use are not specified. Illness duration before starting is also not stated. Resveratrol was one of four…
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List of ME/CFS Recovery and Improvement Stories
abdul1436, unable to speak or walk and sleeping 17-20 hours a day, is listed reaching remission after about 5 months on a combination of oxymatrine, inosine, dihydroquercetin and quercetin for enterovirus-associated ME/CFS - one of the most severe starting…