Treating patients suffering from ME/CFS with Sodium Dichloroacetate (pilot trial)
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Mar 2018
Summary
Sodium dichloroacetate (DCA), 333mg taken twice daily for a combined 666mg per day, was used on an ongoing basis. Illness duration and severity before starting are not stated in the post. They reported that each dose reduced their brain fog and gave them mental clarity within about 30 minutes, with the effect lasting roughly 8 to 9 hours and reportedly lengthening the longer they continued taking it. This is a dose-dependent symptomatic benefit rather than a described cure. The post gives no indication of stopping the supplement or of the benefit fading with continued use, so no further follow-up is reported.
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