I haven't received any reply from the journal yet (maybe I never will) but at least Telex, the news site that broke the story, wrote
another article about the fact that the authors acknowledged their statements were not "entirely truthful". Telex is the most widely read news site in Hungary (it is independent).
Chatgpt translation:
They acknowledged that the Hungarian recommendation created for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome is flawed
Months ago, the scientific journal Orvosi Hetilap published a new official domestic recommendation for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Last week, we reported that the document contradicts the international scientific consensus in several respects and includes recommendations that could even lead to a deterioration in patients' conditions. On Thursday, the authors of the guideline acknowledged that they had indeed recommended therapies that are no longer advised.
The guidelines for chronic fatigue syndrome were revised in 2021 by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The initiative to create the Hungarian guideline was taken by Ágnes Szarvas, who is also affected by the illness. "NICE did the work, they evaluated the evidence — there was an opportunity to simply adapt their guidelines to domestic conditions. They said they would create a national guideline and promised me involvement from the patient side," she previously told Telex.
Regarding the recommendation that contains outdated elements, Orvosi Hetilap received a letter from Jonathan Edwards, professor emeritus at University College London, to which the authors also responded in the journal. In their reply, they admit that what they wrote in the domestic recommendation does not align with NICE’s latest recommendations, and they no longer recommend the therapies they previously mentioned — including cognitive behavioral therapy and graded exercise therapy.