How it went
Did it last?
- No one said the benefit wore off.
- 1 of 3 needed to keep doing it 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 | 0 | 0% |
| Near-full | 1 | 33% |
| Substantial | 1 | 33% |
| Partial | 1 | 33% |
| Relapsed | 0 | 0% |
| No benefit | 0 | 0% |
Only 3 accounts. Treat these percentages as anecdotes, not rates.
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very severe | 1 | 0% |
2 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 Lactoferrin and colostrum, 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 | 0 | 184 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,491 | 12.7 |
| 2013 | 8 | 1,708 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,352 | 2.6 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,158 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1,431 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 25 | 3,110 | 8.0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2,201 | 2.7 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1,075 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2,581 | 0.4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1,867 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1,166 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 11 | 1,000 | 11.0 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,237 | 17.0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1,019 | 0.0 |
| 2026 (so far) | 2 | 840 | 2.4 |
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 3 accounts
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Lots of long COVID patients reporting major improvements with lactoferrin
Lactoferrin, brand and dose not given in the quoted post, produced a rapid, near-complete turnaround for an ME/CFS patient who wrote that they were astounded how much it was helping and how quickly it worked, and that they felt so normal that life was fun…
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Treatment with KDM Miraculous So Far, Need Help with Dysbiosis Though
After roughly 30 years of suspected chronic Lyme/ME-CFS that left him "near totally bed-ridden and almost not being able to speak," he began a multi-part KDM protocol in 2018 including subcutaneous Gammanorm, alternating Normix/Mutaflor, B12 injections, an…
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Did KDM's treatment help you or did you get worse?
Recently starting a KDM regimen of GcMAF, "4ME," lactoferrin, antibiotics, probiotics and B12, she reports "have seen an improvement" early in the course, though her disease "fluctuates a bit" and she remains financially dependent on family to continue.