Several long-COVID patients report improvements from antihistamines
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 3 years
- Published
- Aug 2023
Summary
Takes cetirizine nightly (dose not specified) since 2021, along with probiotics, for long-COVID symptoms. They describe the antihistamine as the only thing that quiets what they call a constant cytokine-storm reaction, and say it has also calmed gastrointestinal symptoms. The page does not state how severe or how long their illness was before starting, but continued use since 2021 implies the benefit has been sustained, though this isn't explicitly confirmed as lasting without fading.
What they credit
Credits Antihistamines & MCAS, Diet, Supplements, H1 antihistamines, Probiotics and fermented foods.
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