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This Reddit post details how high-dose niacinamide (a form of vitamin B3) fixed the mental and physical symptoms of a long COVID patent
His long COVID mental symptoms included depression, tearful emotional instability, and anger.
His long COVID also included the symptoms of fatigue, brain fog, poor memory, nausea, body aches, neuropathy, eye floaters, dry eyes, and frequent urination.
He took niacinamide at a dose of 3,000 mg daily, and within a week started to feel better on all fronts. After 5 weeks on this niacinamide protocol, he returned to 90% of full health physically and mentally. He then reduced his niacinamide intake to 1,000 mg daily, and found his gains in health were still maintained.
At the time he started the niacinamide protocol, he had had long COVID for around 3 months. So of course his improvements might just be down to the natural process of recovery from post-viral fatigue.
In terms of studies linking vitamin B3 and COVID, one paper found that niacinamide might improve COVID-triggered kidney injury.
Other papers here and here say that COVID infection depletes the enzyme NAD+. Levels of this enzyme can be increased by taking vitamin B3, nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), or nicotinamide riboside (NR).
Note that higher doses of vitamin B3 can place strain on the liver, so it's normally recommended that you do not take more than 3,000 mg daily. If buying NMN, note that many NMN supplements are fraudulent and contain no NMN.
His long COVID mental symptoms included depression, tearful emotional instability, and anger.
His long COVID also included the symptoms of fatigue, brain fog, poor memory, nausea, body aches, neuropathy, eye floaters, dry eyes, and frequent urination.
He took niacinamide at a dose of 3,000 mg daily, and within a week started to feel better on all fronts. After 5 weeks on this niacinamide protocol, he returned to 90% of full health physically and mentally. He then reduced his niacinamide intake to 1,000 mg daily, and found his gains in health were still maintained.
At the time he started the niacinamide protocol, he had had long COVID for around 3 months. So of course his improvements might just be down to the natural process of recovery from post-viral fatigue.
In terms of studies linking vitamin B3 and COVID, one paper found that niacinamide might improve COVID-triggered kidney injury.
Other papers here and here say that COVID infection depletes the enzyme NAD+. Levels of this enzyme can be increased by taking vitamin B3, nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), or nicotinamide riboside (NR).
Note that higher doses of vitamin B3 can place strain on the liver, so it's normally recommended that you do not take more than 3,000 mg daily. If buying NMN, note that many NMN supplements are fraudulent and contain no NMN.
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