Prescribing Low-Dose Naltrexone for Skin Disease
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Have you prescribed low-dose Naltrexone for skin disease? Not sure why it works? Not sure how best to use it, or how to prescribe it? Feel like you could use more information to help you more safely and effectively utilize this medication? I myself utilize this medication for itch but have had mixed success. Enter Dr. Bodemer and her recent lecture.
During the 2020 Integrative Dermatology S …
Have you prescribed low-dose Naltrexone for skin disease? Not sure why it works? Not sure how best to use it, or how to prescribe it? Feel like you could use more information to help you more safely and effectively utilize this medication? I myself utilize this medication for itch but have had mixed success. Enter Dr. Bodemer and her recent lecture.
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