Researchers are studying treatments for the long-lasting effects of COVID infections, known as long COVID. They are excited to learn if naltrexone can offer similar helpful effects to millions of people suffering from health problems months after a coronavirus infection.
CHICAGO - Lauren Nichols, a 34-year-old logistics expert for the US Department of Transportation in Boston, has been suffering from impaired thinking and focus, fatigue, seizures, headache and pain since her Covid-19 infection in the spring of 2020. Last June, her doctor suggested low doses of naltrexone, a generic drug typically used to treat alcohol and opioid addiction. After more.