Addiction Drugs , Could Help Long COVID Patients , With Brain Fog.<br />Some doctors have been prescribing low doses of the drug naltrexone to treat the condition.<br />Naltrexone is often diagnosed for patients suffering from either opioid or alcohol addiction.<br />Now, researchers are hoping to gather data as to how the drug works to treat long COVID symptoms, such as brain fog.<br />Reuters reports that there are at least four clinical trials in the works.<br />These trials will test the drug with long COVID patients.<br />In addition, the drug may end up being the subject of a major test conducted by the <br />U.S. National Institutes of Health.<br />The drug can be used as an anti-inflammatory and could be found to reverse some underlying symptoms.<br />While some doctors say that naltrexone "should be at the top of everyone's list for clinical trials," .<br />... others express more caution in regard to its perceived efficacy.<br />It's not a panacea. , Jaime Seltzer, Stanford Researcher With MEAction, <br />via Reuters.<br />These people weren't cured, but they were helped, Jaime Seltzer, Stanford Researcher With MEAction, <br />via Reuters.<br />Medical professionals point out that long COVID is marked by hundreds of symptoms.<br />Regardless of the outcome of the studies, some long COVID patients say the drug has made a huge impact.<br />It has made me feel like a <br />human again, Lauren Nichols, Long COVID Patient, <br />via Reuters
