Clinical updates, supplement breakdowns, and lived experience — written for patients, not physicians.
The FDA issued a Complete Response Letter to Chiesi in March 2026. No new safety concerns — but more clinical data required. Here's the plain-language breakdown every LHON patient needs to read.
Read the full post →Most LHON explanations stop at "mitochondrial disease." Here's the actual breakdown — step by step through the chain — and exactly where each supplement intervenes.
Read the full post →Every specialist said stop smoking, limit alcohol. Nobody mentioned fried foods — despite the fact that dietary oxidative load compounds the same mechanism driving LHON pathology.
Read the full post →Among the most mechanistically compelling supplements in the LHON stack — and the one most likely to cause harm at the wrong dose. The biphasic science, the drug interactions you must disclose, and what LHON specifically adds to the risk calculation.
Read the full post →A patient-facing breakdown of the gene therapy landscape — what the trials showed, who may qualify, and how to ask your neuro-ophthalmologist about access.
The 900mg/day clinical dose is meaningless if what's in the capsule isn't what's on the label. The quality problem nobody in the supplement industry talks about.
The decisions you make in the first 90 days significantly shape your trajectory. A guide from someone who learned the hard way — so you don't have to.