Over the course of the past few years, I have noticed a startling and worrisome trend — the age range of my patients has declined from the early 40s to the early 30s. And they share many of the same symptoms, including brain fog, impaired concentration, post exertional fatigue, and day-to-day exhaustion.

I hesitate to attribute this trend to COVID-19, Long Covid, or Long Vax (Long post-COVID Vaccination Syndrome) based solely on my own clinical evidence. Too many variables exist, and too much has happened over the past five (5) years to draw such a hasty conclusion.

Emotional stress alone can cause many of these symptoms, and we have no shortage of that. Combine that with increased challenges to the immune system, toxins in our environment and in our diet, and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, and it should be no surprise that younger people are starting to show signs of physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion.

To some degree, the problem matters less than the solution, and the cause matters less than the cure. Changes to my patient demographic may be the result of the above-mentioned symptoms. Or they may be due to anxiety over politics, personal finances, employment, relationships, or other issues. Whatever the cause, these patients are struggling with the same cluster of symptoms. And they respond positively to a similar treatment protocol personalized to each patient’s unique health history (and family health history), biology, and symptom profile.

In this post, I focus on solutions. Here I lay out the five (5) pillars that are key to recovering from Long Covid and other conditions that trigger chronic inflammation, deplete your reserves, and impair your body’s self-healing and self-repair mechanisms. What you will find is that these five pillars are familiar concepts for health, with added medicinal tools to push the body to reduce inflammation and build resilience.

Pillar No. 1: Use synthetic peptides from a trusted and reliable compounding pharmacy.

Synthetic peptides mimic the peptides often found in your body. They are small proteins that signal the release of hormones, reduce inflammation, and repair tissue naturally. Peptides are made in compounding pharmacies and require a prescription. Low side-effect profiles and the benefits they provide in healing inflammation are what make them a valuable tool in fighting Long Covid and similar conditions.

(If you’re unfamiliar with peptides, please read my post The Healing and Rejuvenating Power of Therapeutic Peptides here on the PROVOKE Health blog.)

At PROVOKE Health, we use a combination of peptides and cofactors from a trusted compounding pharmacy. Based on each patient’s unique history and symptom profile, we may prescribe one or more of the following peptides: Continue reading…