prescription medication

Treatment is very individualized. This group does not endorse nor recommend any particular medication nor anything else.  You should get multiple opinions from qualified individuals on any medication you use.  Remember all medications have side effects.  Some side effect could be injurious or even deadly to you. Many patients find that starting a medication with a low dosage is best.

Thanks to our June 9th, 2015 presenter for this list.  This list was developed by a patient with ME/CFS.

Medications -- 

• Celebrex

  • Doxycycline

    • Used as Anti Neuroinflammatory. Treats Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae).  500mg 2x per day

  • Biaxin -- generic name Clarithromycin

    • Chlamydia pneumonia

  • Flagyl -- gneric name Metronidazole

    • pulse 5 days per month

  • Valcyte -- gneric name Valganciclovir

    • HHV-6 immune modulator

  • Immunovir -- Isoprinosine (inosine pranobex)

    • Immune modulator. Reportedly gotten at Goldpharma.com

  • Namenda® -- gneric name Memantine

    • 10mg 2x day

Cognitive improvement and Sleep medications

• LDN -- Low Dose Naltrexone

  • 4.5mg an immunomodulator

• Clonidine

  • Do not take if you low blood pressure

  • Tiagabine

    • 8mg.  2 pills at nighttime Increases slow wave sleep

  • Gabapentin

    • 600mg at nighttime

• Melatonin in liquid form

  • from Solgar.  2mg to 20mg

Promising medication treatments (July 11, 2023)

• • Cyclophsphamid

    • Cheap

  • Rituximab

    • Expensive.  Doctor's Fluge and Mella in Norway continue to study.   Some people found effective. Testing continues.
      Increasing Operational Capacity and Reducing Costs of Rituximab Administration: A Costing Analysis