by Cort Johnson | Sep 13, 2018 | Autoimmune, Fibromyalgia, Homepage, IVIG, Klimas, Levine, POTS, Treatment
“The bottom line is that we should rethink this whole area and encourage proper clinical trials.” Dr. Nancy Klimas This article is the last of a three-part series on IVIG which came out of my attending the 2018 Dysautonomia Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. An IVIG... 
by Cort Johnson | May 21, 2018 | Herpes Simplex Virus, Homepage, Migraine, Pridgen, Treatment
We also hypothesize that migraine may be attributable to a reactivation of a latent HSV residing within the trigeminal ganglion. The authors She was a healthy 21-year-old white college student who woke up one morning to a “scintillating scotoma”, a visual... 
by Cort Johnson | Mar 28, 2018 | Ampligen, Homepage, Lapp, Low Dose Naltrexone, Treatment
I think that my patients are some of the bravest, most stalwart individuals ever, and I admire them sincerely. Charles Lapp Dr. Lapp’s path to medicine and then into chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) was an unusual one. Lapp graduated from... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 18, 2017 | Antivirals, Herpes Simplex Virus, Homepage, Pridgen, Treatment
Patient “X” was living high when he got ill. A course creator and director for an enterprise delivering transformational experiences, X thrived on his 100-hour work weeks. From the U.S. to lndia to Australia to Germany, he made his living making a difference with... 
by Cort Johnson | Jul 12, 2017 | Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Liptan, Low Dose Naltrexone, Opioid drugs, Treatment
“The most effective way to reduce spinal cord inflammation” Dr. Ginerva Liptan Dr. Liptan came to specialize in fibromyalgia after coming down with the disease in medical school. She employs an integrative approach to the disease which includes, as she... 
by Cort Johnson | Mar 27, 2017 | Antivirals, Fibromyalgia, Pridgen, Treatment
With the Phase III trials looming, the results of Dr. Pridgen’s phase II clinical trials on his antiviral approach to fibromyalgia have been released. His next step – finding a way through the “valley of death” where many drug possibilities...
