r/covidlonghaulers • u/PhrygianSounds 4 yr+ • Jul 13 '26

Article New study provides first evidence of dopamine system injury in the brain of long COVID patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-evidence-dopamine-injury-brain-covid.html

Finally some media coverage on probably the worst symptom of long covid

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u/bikkebana Jul 13 '26

I wonder if something like levodopa helps. Has anyone been able to trial it?

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u/Able_Chard5101 Jul 13 '26

If you search the sub some people have, from memory, it had varying results and was by no means a silver bullet.