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What the Emerging Research Tells Us — and What It Doesn't — About Genetic Influences on Naltrexone Response, Including Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN) Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Medical Disclaimer: This article is for educational and informational purposes only and
Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Few topics in the MCAS world have generated as much excitement — and as much premature confidence — as the idea of using GLP-1 receptor agonists at sub-therapeutic doses to calm mast cell activation. Social
By Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Most people know endorphins as the "feel-good" chemicals behind a runner's high. But endorphins are far more than a post-workout reward signal—they are potent endogenous opioid peptides
10 Evidence-Based Ways to Naturally Increase Your Endorphins By Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Endorphins are among the most powerful natural molecules your body produces — and yet most people have only a vague sense of what they actually are
Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Low dose naltrexone (LDN) has become a cornerstone tool in integrative and functional medicine for autoimmune disease, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and a growing list of neuroinflammatory conditions. Most clinicians who
LDN Primer Follow-Up: What to Do When LDN Causes Side Effects A companion piece to the LDN Primer book, exploring how side effects are actually managed in clinical practice. LDN Primer Link: One of the questions I hear most often from readers of my LDN Primer book — and from
Yoon Hang Kim, MD, MPH Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine | Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician What this article is — and is not. This is a hypothesis. It proposes a biologically plausible, testable model in which low-dose naltrexone (LDN) might indirectly influence purinergic “cell danger” signaling and, in turn, inflammation-