Immune Support Protocol
Credit: Renegade Medicine
Prevention Plan:
1. Nutrition- the most fundamental foundation to good health is a “health-giving” diet. The food choices we make everyday have the potential to create health and wellbeing, however, navigating these choices and coming up with easy to implement and sustainable plans can be challenging. This is usually because we try to make drastic and unrealistic changes that are destined to fail before we even get started. The information available regarding what and how to implement a healthy diet is overwhelming and there have been volumes written on the subject. For anyone that struggles with making changes to their daily food habits, I strongly recommend enlisting the help of a nutritionist. They are a wealth of information regarding how to custom tailor a dietary plan that fits your goals and lifestyle. Please let me know if this is something you are interested in, as I have a good working relationship with several outstanding nutritionists.
Commit to making one healthy change to your diet every 2-3 weeks.
Ex -> drinking more water, increasing fiber, decreasing sugar, etc.
2. Regular Exercise- The second foundation to health is regular and appropriate physical activity. It helps improve circulation, resets our response to stress, and improves hormone production and metabolism to name a few of its MANY benefits.
Aim for 30 minutes of physical exercise per day.
Exà walking/hiking, running, resistance training, yoga, swimming, etc.
3. Sleep- The third essential element to optimizing health is a well- established regular sleep pattern. A regular sleep cycle without disturbances is more powerful than any medication, herb, nutritional supplement, or high-tech bio-hacking device. It allows for detoxification of your central nervous system, which provides for innumerable metabolic benefits throughout your entire body. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of developing good sleep hygiene habits and routines!
The bedroom serves two purposes, sleep and sex. This means there should be no devices in your bedroom, to include televisions, laptops, tablets, and phones. If it is absolutely necessary that you have a phone in the room, be sure it is set to not disturb you in the middle of the night and out of arms reach.
Eliminate all sources of light. Light disturbs our circadian rhythm by suppressing the release of melatonin from our pineal gland. Melatonin is the hormone that initiates sleep. Additionally, it plays a major role in modulating immune activity.
Reduce the temperature in your bedroom during hours when you are asleep.
Try to go to bed at the same time every night and wake up at the same time every morning. This habit will help reinforce a healthy circadian rhythm.
4. Vitamin D3- 2,000IU daily with your evening meal.
5. Vitamin C- 1,000mg daily
6. Quercetin- 250mg daily with a meal
7. Zinc- 30mg daily with a meal.
Zinc can cause significant nausea if taken on an empty stomach. If you experience nausea, eat some food and it will resolve.
8. Melatonin- 0.5mg to be taken 30 minutes before bed.
Melatonin is a hormone produced in your brain to induce sleep, but it also regulates immune activity. Be sure to not take melatonin if you have to drive or operate machinery as it is sedating.
9. Ivermectin (optional)- 15mg to be taken one day per week.
Active Infection Plan:
1. Ivermectin- 15 – 18mg
Rx Schedule à one dose daily for 5 days or until recovered
2. Vitamin C- start with 1,000mg 3-4 times per day.
If you start experiencing loose stools, it means your body dose not need as much as you are taking. Reduce dosing schedule until loose stools resolve and stay at that dose, for example, reduce to 2 times daily. Sometimes, your digestive track just needs a couple days (2-3) to adjust to the vitamin C and then the dose can be increased.
3. Zinc- 30mg three times per day with meals
Zinc can cause significant nausea if taken on an empty stomach. If you experience nausea, eat some food and it will resolve.
4. Quercetin- 250mg three times daily to be taken with zinc
5. Vitamin D3- 10,000IU daily with your evening meal
6. Vitamin K2- 1mg for every 10,000IU of Vitamin D3
7. Melatonin- 10mg to be taken 30 minutes before going to bed.
This is considered a high dose of melatonin, and is indicated for its effect on the immune system, not for sleep. However, some people still experience the sedating properties of melatonin at this dose, so again, be sure to not take melatonin if you have to drive or operate machinery.
8. Colloidal Silver- 10-20 ppm
Nasal Spray: 2 pumps in each nostril three times daily
Oral Rinse: gargle 1oz two times per day, do not swallow
9. Pulse Oximeter- use this to monitor blood oxygen saturation levels,
and seek medical attention of saturation remains below 90%.
Use index or middle finger
Observe readings for 30-60 seconds to identify the most common value.
Remove nail polish prior to taking measurements.
Warm cold extremities prior to measurement.
Post-Infection Plan:
This protocol is indicated when you are failing to recover from a viral infection. It is fairly similar to the Active Infection protocol, with a couple changes in dosing schedules. Additionally, nutrition, exercise and sleep will play a significant role in how your body is able to recover.
1. Ivermectin
18mg every day for 5 days
Then 15 mg one time per week for 4 weeks
2. Vitamin C
Slowly work up to 1,000mg three times per day.
I recommend starting to 1,000mg once per day with breakfast, and after 4-5 days, increase to 1,000mg with breakfast and dinner. Once you are at this dose for another 4-5 days, increase the dose to 1,000mg with each meal.
If you get loose stools, back off to the previous dose for a couple days and then begin increasing the dose again.
3. Zinc
Take 30mg three times per day WITH FOOD
4. Quercetin- 250mg three times daily with zinc
5. Vitamin D3- 10,000IU daily with your evening meal
6. Vitamin K2- 1mg for every 10,000IU of Vitamin D3
7. Melatonin-
Start with 10mg every evening 30 minutes before bed. The dose can be increased by 5mg every 3-4 days for a max dose of 20mg. However, this high of a dose is not always necessary, and I recommend staying at 10mg every night for at least the first week before trying to increase.