How it went
Did it last?
- 3 of 7 said the benefit wore off (including the 1 who relapsed).
- 1 of 7 needed to keep doing it to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 0 | 0% |
| Near-full | 0 | 0% |
| Substantial | 3 | 43% |
| Partial | 1 | 14% |
| Relapsed | 1 | 14% |
| No benefit | 2 | 29% |
Only 7 accounts. Treat these percentages as anecdotes, not rates.
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 2 | 0% |
5 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
Who published these accounts
43% of these accounts are on pages that sell this treatment or a program around it. Those pages publish their successes; compare the independent row.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention Statins (atorvastatin, pravastatin), per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 184 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 15 | 704 | 21.3 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,491 | 8.0 |
| 2013 | 7 | 1,708 | 4.1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2,352 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2,158 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1,431 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3,110 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2,201 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,075 | 14.0 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,581 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,867 | 5.9 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1,166 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1,000 | 10.0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1,237 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1,019 | 0.0 |
| 2026 (so far) | 1 | 840 | 1.2 |
Posts in the forum threads we archived, 26,806 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These threads all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 7 accounts
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Two Years Later: Bruce Patterson, Long COVID and the Poll (Kate)
Kate Porter was treated with Bruce Patterson's protocol of maraviroc and pravastatin, which she calls a "game changer" that let her exercise again and gave her life back. A COVID reinfection after vaccination later worsened her symptoms, but going back on…
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Two Years Later: Bruce Patterson, Long COVID and the Poll (Amy)
Amy was treated with Bruce Patterson's protocol of maraviroc and pravastatin and improved roughly 80 percent over four months, becoming able to work full-time fairly comfortably again and even taking a hiking trip. A stressful week, a near-fatal car accident…
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Has anyone improved on Dr. Bruce Patterson Protocol for ME/CFS?
Pravastatin, combined with maraviroc under the Patterson long-COVID protocol at an unspecified dose, produced no improvement in ME/CFS symptoms after starting around August of the prior year, by the time of a February 2023 post. The poster did note a small…
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Has Bruce Patterson Cracked Long COVID?
Sam started Bruce Patterson's long-COVID treatment protocol, though the specific drugs are not named in the comment, after 17 months of illness marked by shortness of breath, rashes, an elevated heart rate and POTS symptoms. The first four to five days were…
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Atorvastatin -- Could It Work For Anyone Else?
Atorvastatin, prescribed at 80mg daily after a stroke, was followed within a few days by a rapid change in this ME/CFS patient's fatigue. She had been moderately ill with ME/CFS since 1994, sleeping around 13 hours a day with a fatigue pattern that had not…
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Statins for CFS?
Pravastatin, dose unspecified, was tried by an ME/CFS patient with a history of cardiac issues after previously having some success with atorvastatin (Lipitor). After switching to pravastatin he reported that he began to slowly lose it again, meaning the…
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List of ME/CFS Recovery and Improvement Stories
Hopefulone is listed as moderate ME/CFS "greatly improved" on 80mg/day atorvastatin, per the compiled list, without further detail on durability.