Mildronate. Chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a state of constant, impairing quality of life, fatigue, lasting more than 6 months, inexplicable by any of coexisting patient’s pathological conditions. The prevalence of CFS in the world is approximately 2 % of the population (120–140 mln inhabitants of Earth). The etiology of CFS is unknown. Several theories of development of CFS have been proposed (immune, infectious, endocrine, metabolic, neurological, psychiatric), however, none of them fully explains the clinical manifestations of CFS. There is no specific treatment for this condition. This article presents the clinical case of a patient B 45 years old with CFS, who received treatment with regular physical exercises, diet (limiting consumption of coffee and caffeine-containing products, alcohol, salt intake to less than 5 g per day, an increase in the consumption of plant foods and products containing potassium, calcium, magnesium), as well as intake of Mildronat, a positive dynamics was observed, manifested by an increase in productivity at work, decrease in fatigue, a decrease in the daily variability of blood pressure and a decrease in heart rate at rest.