LDN Video Interviews and Presentations

Laurie - US: Lupus, Raynaud's, Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Scleroderma (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Laurie was diagnosed with Raynaud's disease aged 12 and at 22 suffered mixed connective tissue disease, various types of arthritis, progressive scleroderma and lupus. Despite seeing many different doctors her symptoms deteriorated leaving her feeling useless with a low quality of life scoring only 1. She had little energy and was losing muscle strength. Often unable to walk she was forced to crawl. As a professional pianist who could no lomger play she was miserable.

Since the age of 22 she had taken Prednisone in fluctuating doses. She was taking other drugs to offset the side effects of steroids which simply masked the pain.

She runs a B&B and when a guest suffering from MS told her about LDN in 2013 she began an autoimmune diet with supplements and weaned herself off strong medication taking only 5mg of steroids daily. Her inflammation reduced considerably and she is now full of life. She is able to dress herself, do chores and prepare breakfast for her guests. She has her life back and no longer suffers from depression.  She can even run! Her quality of life she  now rates at 10.

This is a summary. To listen to the whole LDN interview please click the video link.

Kathy - US: Rheumatoid Arthritis (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Kathy had a very aggressive form of Rheumatoid Arthritis, she was in a lot of pain for a long time.  Her life was unbearable and no amount of medication helped her situation at all with the exception of high doses of prednisone, which helped a little.  At only 58 years old she was pretty sure she was going to die. 

Her friend told her about Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) and so she found a rheumatologist who agreed to prescribe it with the view that it couldn’t do any harm.  Kathy never had any problems with LDN but she’s had much success. From not being able to simply dress herself she went back to riding her horses and throwing hay bales - in her own words “There is nothing I can't do. And I would say it took about three months for it (Low Dose Naltrexone) to be effective”.  

An amazing story from a woman who has suffered so much pain. 

Kat - US: Fibromyalgia, Interstitial Cystitis, RA, Pain (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Kat from the United States shares her story of how low dose naltrexone (LDN) has helped her with fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions, including interstitial cystitis, arthritis, and a displaced SI joint.

Kat first developed fibromyalgia, arthritis, and interstitial cystitis in the years following an automobile accident in February of 2004. Her symptoms include extreme fatigue, constant headaches, different odd pains that would come at random, as well as bladder and gastrointestinal problems. She learned about Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) while searching for treatments for her fibromyalgia. She brought the information packet about LDN to her doctors, who prescribed it for her as it seemed like it was unlikely to do any harm, and it could help her condition.

When she began taking LDN, any side effects were very very slight compared to the reactions she had to other medications her doctors had prescribed. She had a little stomach disturbance and some strange dreams, but those side effects were very short-lived. 

LDN has given Kat decent sleep, a lot more energy now that she’s off narcotics, and she has a clearer mind. Her pain is very much reduced and much more manageable than before. She knows that the LDN provides significant relief because about a month ago, she forgot to put the LDN in her pill organizer, and within three days without LDN, she felt terrible. And not only is the LDN helping with her various pains, but she’s also been sick much less often.

Kat started at 1.5 mg per night, and gradually increased her dosage to 4.5 mg each night. However, she has found that her best dosage is 4.5 mg morning and evening. Kat notes that while she felt a difference on LDN fairly quickly, some people take longer, even months to feel better, so it’s best to be patient when you start taking Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN).

This has been a summary of Kat’s interview. For the whole story, please listen to our recording at the link provided above.

Janice - US: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Janice is from the United States, and has rheumatoid arthritis (RA) since age 53, about 7 years prior to this interview.  It started as pain in the arch of her feet and toes; X-rays were negative.

After 30 months of various unsuccessful therapies, her doctor measured and found a very high rheumatoid factor. Her rheumatologist was not able to find a medication to help her symptoms.

Janice Googled alternative treatments for RA and quickly found low dose naltrexone (LDN). At the time she had a lot of pain, inflammation, swelling in all her joints, and general fatigue. She was using ibuprofen 800 mg twice a day.

She found a doctor to prescribe LDN, and after 4 days did not need to take any ibuprofen. Her pain and fatigue were quickly eased; and over the next several months the swelling and inflammation left her joints. She now feels 95% back to normal, and has a fully active life. Her local physician was amazed with her recovery, and now prescribes LDN for other patients as well. Janice serves as a resource for her physician’s other patients, to talk about how well LDN has worked for her.

If others are contemplating trying LDN, Janice encourages them to try it because it has minimal side effects, and has the opportunity to restore quality of life.

Summary of Janice's interview, please listen to the video for the full story.

Keywords: LDN, low dose naltrexone, rheumatoid arthritis, RA, pain

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Dr Tom O’Bryan, LDN Radio Show 01 Feb 2017 (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Dr Tom O’Bryan shares his Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) experience on the LDN Radio Show with Linda Elsegood.

Dr Tom O’Bryan is the founder of www.thedoctor.com and is an internationally recognized speaker and workshop leader specializing in non-celiac gluten sensitivity and celiac disease. He hosted the gluten summit, and stars in the documentary series, betrayal, featuring the autoimmune solutions. He’s also written a book called ‘The Autoimmune Fix’.

In this interview Dr O’Bryan explains his many years of analysis in terms of the effect our diet can have upon our immune systems and subsequent immune responses we have to autoimmune diseases. The over-consumption of products such as milk, wheat and dairy in general can be damaging and our diets must be moderated.

This is a summary of Dr Tom O’Bryan’s interview. Please listen to the rest of Dr O’Bryan’s story by clicking on the video above.

Dr Thomas Cowan, LDN Radio Show (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo

Dr Thomas Cowan shares his Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) experience on the LDN Radio Show with Linda Elsegood.

Dr Thomas Cowan first came across Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) around 20 years ago when one of his close friends had incurable lymphoma. Having refused to continue on conventional treatment which had little to no effect on improving his health, he researched alternative treatments and came across LDN which drastically helped him to recover.

In the last decade of his career, Dr Cowan has predominantly treated patients with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn’s Disease, finding that LDN can be successful in treating both diseases and providing great relief to his patients.

This is a summary of Dr Thomas Cowan’s interview. Please listen to the rest of Dr Cowan’s story by clicking on the video above.

Pharmacist Skip Lenz, LDN Radio Show 27 Nov 2019 (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Pharmacist Dr. Skip Lenz from United States talks about his experience prescribing Low Dose Naltrexone.

Approximately in December of 1999, I had a patient who was on another product for Multiple Sclerosis who asked me to walk into this new thing, Naltrexone low dose.

There was a doctor up in New York who was prescribing it and was getting tremendous results with MS Patients. So I looked into it and I had several conversations with dr. Bahari, who was a clinical innovator of the year. And the rest literally is history.

We're now always down 100 to 200 scripts at the end of the week.

Back in 1999 we did a clinical study to close to a thousand MS patients and 83% not had an exacerbation in greater than three years.

I started taking LDN for Rheumatoid Arthritis about six years ago for prophylaxis. I'm a pharmacist. I have access to literally anything, nothing worked very well.  After three months, four months after I started my LDN, I wasn't taking Ibuprofen anymore.

LDN still hasn't been FDA approved. I was skeptical the first year. This is one of the reasons why I did our survey. Is working so therefore that's the reason why I am an advocate of it.

I've been a pharmacist since 1973. First of all, I have a conversation with my patients about what they're doing and what have they tried, what are their symptoms, what are their expectations of LDN. It's again, my experience that sometimes in a niche stuation, whatever the disease is in an acute situation, you may or may not get the result that you expect in a chronic situation and you're generally going to judge the expected result.

My experience it's either going to work somewhat in six months or it's not going to work at all. What I mean by somewhat is that you might only be getting, 20, 30, 40% of the results that you are expecting in six months, that you should be getting some sort of results.

Summary from Dr. Skip Lenz's interview. Listen to the video for the full interview.

Dr Scott Zashin, LDN Radio Show 2017 (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Dr Scott Zashin shares his Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) experience on the LDN Radio Show with Linda Elsegood.

Doctor Zashin from Dallas, Texas, is a Rheumatologist who is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. 20 years ago he changed his practice to specialize in autoimmune conditions which required more time to evaluate and treat. 

Unlike most Doctors who allow only 10 to 15 minutes per visit, he spends an hour or more as necessary to get a firm grasp of the patient's problems. He discusses the many autoimmune conditions he treats and how LDN fits in, and why diet and exercise are very important.

This is a summary of Dr Scott Zashin’s interview. Please listen to the rest of Dr Zashin’s story by clicking on the video above.

Dr Scott Zashin, LDN Radio Show 2016 (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Dr Scott Zashin shares his Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) experience on the LDN Radio Show with Linda Elsegood.

Rheumatologist Dr Scott Zashin talks about Pain conditions and LDN, he also answers callers questions.

Doctor Zashin from Dallas, Texas, is a Rheumatologist who is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. 20 years ago he changed his practice to specialize in autoimmune conditions which required more time to evaluate and treat. 

Unlike most Doctors who allow only 10 to 15 minutes per visit, he spends an hour or more as necessary to get a firm grasp of the patient's problems. He discusses the many autoimmune conditions he treats and how LDN fits in, and why diet and exercise are very important.

This is a summary of Dr Scott Zashin’s interview. Please listen to the rest of Dr Zashin’s story by clicking on the video above. 

Dr Ronald Hoffman Interviews Linda Elsegood on LDN and The LDN Book (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Linda Elsegood shares her Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) Story on the Intelligent Medicine Podcast with Donald Hoffman.

In 1969 at the age of 13, Linda had glandular fever (Epstein-Barr virus). She was seriously ill and away from school for six months. 

Late 1999 Linda’s mother had a serious heart attack and the trauma affected her badly. She was working full time, travelling two and a half hours every day and running the home. This excessive workload and stress began to take its toll on her health, and by May 2000 she had lost her balance, lost feeling in the left side of her face and her head, tongue and nose were numb with pins and needles.

In early December 2003 Linda started Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN), and the results were incredibly positive. By Christmas Linda was functioning again, and her liver tests were back to normal. She felt like herself again.

Linda founded the LDN Research Trust in May 2004. In this interview she says that it is the most exciting thing she has ever done. She is able to give many hours a week to the Trust, helping people to get LDN and trying to get it into clinical trials.

This is a summary of Linda Elsegood’s interview. Please listen to the rest of Linda’s story by clicking on the video above.