Peter1469
09-20-2020, 04:10 AM
Melatonin Protocol for COVID-19 (https://www.earthclinic.com/melatonin-protocol-for-coronavirus.html)
The politics of the COVID aside- this subforum is supposed to be free from politics, a sort of a break from the crazy- melatonin appears to have efficacy in post-COVID treatment.
Current most doctors are focused on saving the lives of COVID patients. Not what happens after they survive and are discharged from the ICU. It appears melatonin has more benefits than helping you fall asleep. Makes sense, out bodies produce it so it likely does more than only regulate our sleep cycles. Apparently it also helps protect your raspatory system, and internal organs.
A small percentage of people cannot tolerate Melatonin supplements, so if you have never taken it start with a low dose- 3 mg. And if you are taking it only as a sleep aid stick with 3-5 mg as higher doses can have the opposite effect of being a sleep aid.
One possible problem for moderate to severe Covid-19 patients is the potential for significant damage to the lungs and possibly other organs like the liver, based on what is being seen in patients.
At this point, treatment options to try and prevent, repair or ameliorate this damage is very limited and not necessarily a very high priority for doctors yet, but still important to the patient in the long run to maintain good health quality overall.
Toward that end, I would like to talk about one of my favorite supplements that I have previously mentioned on Earth Clinic that may help these patients have a more complete recovery of the lungs and possibly other organs: Melatonin.
Post-Intensive Care for COVID-19
The aftermath for patients with Covid-19 has not been discussed at length yet because it is not currently the highest priority for doctor's treating these patients.
Keeping them alive is obviously a primary concern right now, but preventing or ameliorating the significant amount of collateral damage caused by Covid-19 is very important also.
That subject, in time, will be quite popular as more people reach the recovery phase of Covid-19.
For many people who fall into the "high risk groups", this information may be useful and timely to reduce your chances of succumbing to the disease if infected and if some scientists are right in their thinking that the virus can potentially mutate and return seasonally, similarly to the seasonal flu, then melatonin certainly seems like a very useful adjuvant treatment to keep in mind from this point forward!
If you survive the virus once and develop antibodies to it that will be very good, but if the virus mutates extensively, there is a chance that those antibodies may not be effective against the new strain similarly to vaccines for the flu, which sometimes work against the new strain and sometimes don't as witnessed by people who have gotten the flu shot and still got the flu.
Melatonin has shown itself to be protective of the major organs of the body in many studies, which includes the lungs among its many potential health benefits.
There are several forum members currently using melatonin, including myself, so this could be useful information for them as well as other members who are trying to be as prepared as possible to deal with Covid-19.
Below is a link to a recent article that discusses the potential utility of melatonin as it would relate to Covid-19. Melatonin is just at the beginning of testing in Covid-19 patients with initial positive results. This article mainly discusses the effects of melatonin as it might relate to Covid-19 and includes its antiviral and anti-ARDS qualities among many other qualities. The article describes melatonin as "having a high safety profile" and suggests it might be useful before, during and after the disease process has ended.
Doctors may have a bit more latitude in using melatonin compared to all of the prescription drugs that have been mentioned on this forum and across the internet since melatonin is an OTC supplement sold at drug stores and big box item stores and almost all online supplement suppliers.
COVID-19: Melatonin as a potential adjuvant treatment
Life Sci. 2020 Jun 1; 250: 117583.
Published online 2020 Mar 23. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.117583
Rui Zhang,a Xuebin Wang,a Leng Ni,a Xiao Di,a Baitao Ma,a Shuai Niu,a Changwei Liu,a,⁎ and Russel J. Reiterb,⁎⁎
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102583/
Read the rest of the article at the link.
The politics of the COVID aside- this subforum is supposed to be free from politics, a sort of a break from the crazy- melatonin appears to have efficacy in post-COVID treatment.
Current most doctors are focused on saving the lives of COVID patients. Not what happens after they survive and are discharged from the ICU. It appears melatonin has more benefits than helping you fall asleep. Makes sense, out bodies produce it so it likely does more than only regulate our sleep cycles. Apparently it also helps protect your raspatory system, and internal organs.
A small percentage of people cannot tolerate Melatonin supplements, so if you have never taken it start with a low dose- 3 mg. And if you are taking it only as a sleep aid stick with 3-5 mg as higher doses can have the opposite effect of being a sleep aid.
One possible problem for moderate to severe Covid-19 patients is the potential for significant damage to the lungs and possibly other organs like the liver, based on what is being seen in patients.
At this point, treatment options to try and prevent, repair or ameliorate this damage is very limited and not necessarily a very high priority for doctors yet, but still important to the patient in the long run to maintain good health quality overall.
Toward that end, I would like to talk about one of my favorite supplements that I have previously mentioned on Earth Clinic that may help these patients have a more complete recovery of the lungs and possibly other organs: Melatonin.
Post-Intensive Care for COVID-19
The aftermath for patients with Covid-19 has not been discussed at length yet because it is not currently the highest priority for doctor's treating these patients.
Keeping them alive is obviously a primary concern right now, but preventing or ameliorating the significant amount of collateral damage caused by Covid-19 is very important also.
That subject, in time, will be quite popular as more people reach the recovery phase of Covid-19.
For many people who fall into the "high risk groups", this information may be useful and timely to reduce your chances of succumbing to the disease if infected and if some scientists are right in their thinking that the virus can potentially mutate and return seasonally, similarly to the seasonal flu, then melatonin certainly seems like a very useful adjuvant treatment to keep in mind from this point forward!
If you survive the virus once and develop antibodies to it that will be very good, but if the virus mutates extensively, there is a chance that those antibodies may not be effective against the new strain similarly to vaccines for the flu, which sometimes work against the new strain and sometimes don't as witnessed by people who have gotten the flu shot and still got the flu.
Melatonin has shown itself to be protective of the major organs of the body in many studies, which includes the lungs among its many potential health benefits.
There are several forum members currently using melatonin, including myself, so this could be useful information for them as well as other members who are trying to be as prepared as possible to deal with Covid-19.
Below is a link to a recent article that discusses the potential utility of melatonin as it would relate to Covid-19. Melatonin is just at the beginning of testing in Covid-19 patients with initial positive results. This article mainly discusses the effects of melatonin as it might relate to Covid-19 and includes its antiviral and anti-ARDS qualities among many other qualities. The article describes melatonin as "having a high safety profile" and suggests it might be useful before, during and after the disease process has ended.
Doctors may have a bit more latitude in using melatonin compared to all of the prescription drugs that have been mentioned on this forum and across the internet since melatonin is an OTC supplement sold at drug stores and big box item stores and almost all online supplement suppliers.
COVID-19: Melatonin as a potential adjuvant treatment
Life Sci. 2020 Jun 1; 250: 117583.
Published online 2020 Mar 23. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.117583
Rui Zhang,a Xuebin Wang,a Leng Ni,a Xiao Di,a Baitao Ma,a Shuai Niu,a Changwei Liu,a,⁎ and Russel J. Reiterb,⁎⁎
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102583/
Read the rest of the article at the link.