E13: POTS, Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)

Episode 13 August 24, 2021 00:52:34
E13: POTS, Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
The POTScast
E13: POTS, Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)

Aug 24 2021 | 00:52:34

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Hosted By

Cathy Pederson Jill Brook

Show Notes

Dr. Leonard Weinstock is a gastroenterologist who specializes in patients with a variety of syndromes: postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, mast cell activation syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome and more. Join us for this fascinating interview on gastrointestinal issues related to these syndromes, with a focus on small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). He also discusses the use of low dose naltrexone (LDN) in his practice.

If you would like to see that article that Dr. Weinstock and Jill discuss in this episode, click here: https://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2017-221405.full

You can read the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/tfcm9dty

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