The Use of Palmitoylethanolamide in the Treatment of Long COVID: A Real-Life Retrospective Cohort Study
Observational studyHumans
- Design
- Observational study
- Subjects
- 33 patients with long COVID at one centre
- Dose used in the study
- 600 mg twice a day
- Duration
- About 3 months
- What was measured
- The Post-COVID-19 Functional Status scale, before and after treatment
What the authors reported
The authors reported a significant improvement in functional status scores. In patients who had not been hospitalised and did not smoke, scores fell from 2.6 to 0.4. In hospitalised smokers they fell from 3.8 to 2.2. No side effects were reported.
Limits of this study
A retrospective before-and-after study with no control group. The authors state that spontaneous recovery cannot be excluded, and long COVID often improves with time. 33 patients. The study reported no funding, and the authors declared no conflicts.
Source
Entry checked against the full text at the publisher (MDPI) on 2026-09-21. The dose shown is the dose the researchers used. It is not a recommendation. How to read this page.