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Chronic pain and inflammation are exhausting in a way that is hard to explain to people who have not lived with them. Low Dose Naltrexone offers a different mechanism than painkillers — it calms the immune signaling that keeps the volume turned up.
In short
Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) is naltrexone prescribed at roughly one-tenth of its standard dose, used off-label to modulate immune activity and reduce chronic pain and inflammation. At Best Version of You, LDN is prescribed after a consultation and lab review, compounded by a licensed pharmacy, and titrated slowly with follow-up.
20 yrs
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4 states
PA · NJ · NY · DE
FNP-BC
Board-certified provider
What's included
At very low doses, naltrexone briefly blocks opioid receptors, which prompts the body to increase its own endorphins and dampens the glial-cell activity that amplifies pain. It is non-narcotic, non-habit-forming and taken as a nightly capsule.
We start low — often 0.5 mg — and build gradually. This is the single biggest factor in tolerating LDN well, and it is where self-directed attempts usually fail.
hs-CRP, thyroid antibodies, vitamin D, ferritin, A1c and hormone markers, because untreated deficiencies and hormone shifts drive inflammation.
Sleep, blood sugar, hormones and nutrition are addressed alongside LDN. Pain rarely has just one input.
Benefits
Is this for you?
How it works
A full history of your pain, diagnoses, medications and what has already been tried.
Markers that show what is actually driving inflammation in your body.
LDN is prescribed at a low starting dose from a compounding pharmacy.
We increase gradually and review symptoms, sleep and side effects at each follow-up.
"Six weeks in, the all-over ache finally backed off and I was sleeping through the night again."
Patient, Monroe County
FAQ
Naltrexone at about one-tenth of the standard dose, used off-label to modulate immune and glial-cell activity involved in chronic pain and inflammation.
No. It is not a controlled substance, not habit-forming and does not work like an opioid. It changes the signaling around pain rather than blunting it.
Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, Hashimoto's and other autoimmune thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and chronic pain without a clear structural cause.
Some patients notice a change within a few weeks; most need eight to twelve weeks at an optimized dose to judge it fairly.
Vivid dreams and sleep disturbance in the first week or two are the most common, and usually settle. Starting low and going slow minimizes them.
In most cases yes, but not with opioid pain medication. Bring your full medication list to your consult.
Naltrexone is FDA-approved at standard doses for other uses. Low-dose use for inflammation and pain is off-label and supported by a growing body of research.
A licensed compounding pharmacy, since low doses are not commercially manufactured.
Usually not, as it is compounded — but LDN is typically one of the lower-cost prescriptions we write. HSA and FSA funds can often be used.
Yes, throughout PA, NJ, NY and DE.
In-person at 556 Main St, Suite 13 in Stroudsburg, PA, or by telehealth across PA, NJ, NY and DE.
