Naltrexone Linked to Improved Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) may be useful in treating fibromyalgia, according to research published online April 22 in Pain Medicine.
Jarred Younger, Ph.D., and Sean Mackey, M.D., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, Calif., analyzed data from 10 women with fibromyalgia who went through a single-blind crossover trial with two weeks of reporting symptom severity with no treatment; two weeks of placebo; eight weeks of daily low-dose naltrexone (4.5 milligrams); and a two-week washout period with no treatment.
