the best treatments I've found
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Aug 2023
Summary
Shanti1 credits this vasodilator/oxygen combination with improving brain circulation and says episodes of feeling oxygen-starved, once frequent, are now rare, describing sustained improvement "over time as underlying conditions addressed." No specific doses or firm timeline are given beyond that general trajectory.
Read it in their words
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What they credit
Credits Hyperbaric & oxygen, Calcium channel blockers (nimodipine, amlodipine, verapamil), Nimodipine / tadalafil / vasoactive, PDE5 inhibitors (sildenafil, tadalafil).
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