Nitric oxide is a compound in the body which is important in many biological processes. One of its functions is to relax the smooth muscles around the blood vessels to increase bloodflow and normalize blood pressure. Nitric oxide is the same compound that is increased by the drug Viagra to increase bloodflow to certain parts of the body. Actually when i went to a doctor named Jay Goldstein, he was experimenting with Viagra to treat CFS!
I recently read an abstract on pubmed that struck me, because the doctor was proposing the opposite treatment as everything i’ve found to help me.
I know there are some sub-groups of chronic fatigue that might be helped, but i still feel like many doctors are stuck 10 years in the past when it comes to CFS.
In this pubmed article, the doctor theorized that chronic fatigue may be caused by the inability of the mitochondria to output more energy when it is required by the body. Such as in times of exercise or increased stress.
