Technically, for Metformin, the use they're recommending is for preventing long COVID before it starts, not for symptom reduction in already sick people.
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Fact sheet drafting HERE! Fact sheet #4 - Management of severe and very severe ME/CFS - comments by 21st April please
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Yes, that's fair and an important distinction; I should have noted it - I'll admit I was probably too focused on my own interest here (treatment vs. prophylaxis).
Not sure why this is in the news again, this is just the same announcement from months ago right: https://www.bfarm.de/DE/Arzneimittel/Zulassung/Zulassungsrelevante-Themen/Expertengruppe-Long-COVID-Off-Label-Use/_node.html ?
Jonathan Edwards
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This seems very strange.
It almost sems to be a recognition that German doctors need some placebos handy to deal with the LC patients.
Atypical anti-depressants can produce some pretty horrific side-effects too.
“In the Bundesliga match between @tsghoffenheim and @1FSVMainz05, players and referees gathered on the pitch before kickoff with a clear message: CURE ME/CFS!Another powerful and successful campaign by http://EmptyStands.me “
If the match is in Germany, why is the sign in English?
Tree
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Is Fatigo another government funded crappy charity?
The "ME/CFS Psychotherapy Network" posted a statement on a position paper by the DGPPN/DGPM, I think it's the "German Society of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Nerve Medicine".
Statement: .
Post on Bluesky from one of the authors:
I think this is the statement they are responding to.
Statement: .
Post on Bluesky from one of the authors:
I think this is the statement they are responding to.
Sounds interesting, but unfortunately behind a paywall.
Translation:
I was able to find the session details with some additional infos from the congress‘ website. Professor Schomerus seems involved as well:
Felis Catus
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I'm not sure if it's allowed to request and post automated translations. I don't speak German.
Could someone advise how to get a translation on the phone, please? Something convenient. I keep clicking on the wrong things on a small screen.
Could someone advise how to get a translation on the phone, please? Something convenient. I keep clicking on the wrong things on a small screen.
You can copy the website URL into https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&op=websites and it'll translate the whole page. Or just copy bits of text to translate.
If you use Firefox browser, it also has built-in translation, explained here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/website-translation#w_translate-the-full-page
Felis Catus
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Thank you very much!
I didn't realise you could put a URL into Google translate because the Google translate app on my phone which opens automatically when I click on translate.google.com links doesn't have it.
I'll work around it. Thank you!