All you need to do is a quick internet search for Low Dose Naltrexone MS and you will quickly find forums and chat areas filled with patients extolling the virtues of LDN, which is the commonly used acronym for Low Dose Naltrexone MS therapy.  It has an almost cult-like following similar to using Medical Marijuana.  So why don’t more doctors prescribe Naltrexone Multiple Sclerosis therapy for their patients?  There are a few reasons that seem obvious.

First of all, it is an off label use of the drug.  Naltrexone is actually an opiate antagonist and it is FDA approved for use in helping people addicted to opiate drugs like Morphine, Percocet, or even Heroin.  It also works to help alcoholics.  By blocking the Opiate receptors, cravings are reduced and thus the addiction is eventually beat.

Secondly, there have been no Phase III type controlled trials or studies done so most …

While not developed or intended for it, Low Dose Naltrexone Multiple Sclerosis treatment has shown significant easing of the symptoms of fatigue and neuromuscular spasm symptoms.  It also seems to resolve acute relapse attacks when administered while the attack is in progress.

Naltrexone is an opiate antagonist drug that is used to treat opiate drug addiction by blocking the brains receptors to the opiate drugs, like heroin and morphine. But the idea of using Low Dose Naltrexone MS treatment was thought up by Dr. Bernard Bihari, a neuro-physician in the United States. He surmised that by obstructing the effects of brain endorphins, the immune system would be stimulated and the activity of MS would thus be reduced. A low dose of around 3mg will increase the T-cell level by 300% and will last for about 18 hours. Thus, the Low Dose Naltrexone Multiple Sclerosis treatment term was coined. It is …