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The following are potential treatments for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), ME/CFS, its symptoms, and other illnesses, diseases, and conditions like fibromyalgia, sleep dysfunction, depression, etc., found on MEpedia.
DISCLAIMER: The following is a range of some of the interventions (including anecdotal) that have been used by patients to try to treat both individual symptoms and the disease as a whole, some of which have been researched and many which have not. The vast majority lack ANY reliable evidence of efficacy. Many carry significant side-effects and risks. (more...)
Ampligen.jpg®︎ (generic name rintatolimod) is a drug with immunomodulatory and antiviral properties that is approved for severe ME/CFS in Argentina. Although Ampligen is not FDA-approved for ME/CFS it is available under early access or compassionate care programs in the United States, EU countries, and Turkey.
Ampligen has been shown to raise the reduced natural killer cell (NK) function found in ME/CFS patients (more...)
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