Make sure to consult a doctor before doing self treatment.
Nearly everything in the comments is at the early stage of research. Be careful being your own doctor
Some posters asked me to make a sticky threat on long COVID recovery, including medication, supplements and behavioural changes. Thoughts y’all? Is this a good idea? If the response is positive, I can make this a sticky.
I’m afraid that it possibly could link to unproven recommendations, but frankly I haven’t looked enough into the issue.
Feel free to comment on any method on long COVID recover that you know. Please link to research and medical papers. Sadly overly weak or pseudo-scientific stuff will have to get removed, but please no hard feelings for making an effort. I’m very comfortable with Wikipedia’s policy on medical sources, so I might err in that direction if it’s OK. I’m definitely not working in medicine, btw.
Thanks!
edit: I just worry that a lot of this below is early stage research. I know that comrades are suffering, but we could be doing real damage if people go out and do self treatment, they can very seriously hurt themselves worst. I’m sorry that medical stuff is hard, expensive, and unfair. But I have a duty to inform people to be careful with self treatment.
Not medical advice, just sharing research :)
Clinical experience with the α2A-adrenoceptor agonist, guanfacine, and N-acetylcysteine for the treatment of cognitive deficits in “Long-COVID19”
These are more relevant to either possibly reducing infection or possibly helping with an acute infection. I think that things that may help limit (re)infection are helpful to mention here.
Azelastine:
Antiviral Potential of Azelastine against Major Respiratory Viruses
Early intervention with azelastine nasal spray may reduce viral load in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients
Carrageenan:
Carrageenan nasal spray may double the rate of recovery from coronavirus and influenza virus infections: Re‐analysis of randomized trial data
Efficacy of a Nasal Spray Containing Iota-Carrageenan in the Postexposure Prophylaxis of COVID-19 in Hospital Personnel Dedicated to Patients Care with COVID-19 Disease
Cetylpyridinium Chloride:
Efficacy of Cetylpyridinium Chloride mouthwash against SARS-CoV-2: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Melatonin / melatonergic drugs:
these are a bit more dubious
animal testing
Therapeutic potential of melatonin and melatonergic drugs on K18-hACE2 mice infected with SARS-CoV-2
Assessing the therapeutic potential of agomelatine, ramelteon, and melatonin against SARS-CoV-2
animal testing
Melatonin drugs inhibit SARS-CoV-2 entry into the brain and virus-induced damage of cerebral small vessels