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ArticleIntegrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.)2021

Low Dose Naltrexone in Conjunction With the Wahls Protocol to Reduce the Frequency of Chronic Migraines in a Patient With Multiple Sclerosis: A Case Study.

Heidi Codino, Angela Hardin

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Article in Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Heidi CodinoND Student.
Angela HardinND; National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) Health Centers, Portland, Oregon.
National University of Natural Medicine · USNvidia (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case study investigates the efficacy of low dose naltrexone (LDN) and the Wahls Protocol in reducing the frequency and severity of chronic migraine headaches in a 62-year-old White female with multiple sclerosis. Migraines are common among the many debilitating symptoms of multiple sclerosis. A therapeutic intervention of low dose naltrexone titrated to 4.5 mg nightly in combination with dietary changes significantly improved the patient's quality of life by reducing the severity, duration, and frequency of her chronic migraine headaches.

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PMID34377098
PMCPMC8325503
OpenAlexW3190409546

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