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Why painkillers fail for Fibromyalgia patients

September 28th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

Fibromyalgia patients often suffer from chronic pain, but for some reason they find commonly prescribed pain medications are not very effective. Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System believe [...]


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World Fibromyalgia Day - May 12, 2008

September 26th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

Heanne Hambleton lives in England and has found what so many other Fibromyalgia patients have experienced world wide–that it is difficult for friends, family, and neighbors to understand and appreciate [...]


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Fibromyalgia seen as a potential $2 billion market

September 17th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

Currently, over 20 drugs are in development for the treatment of fibromyalgia. That number is expected to grow in the next year.
At present, the only drug to be approved for [...]


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A child’s growing pains may actually be Fibromyalgia

August 29th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

Most guidelines suggest that Fibromyalgia affects people over 40 and affects 9 times as many women as men. It might be time to revise that traditional thinking according to a [...]


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Cymbalta used to treat fibromyalgia pain

August 25th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

CNN Money recently ran a Dow Jones Newswire story about Eli Lilly’s recent study using Cymbalta for reducing pain in fibromyalgia patients.*
Eli Lilly’s study claims that after one week fibromyalgia patients [...]


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Fibromyalgia chronic pain may be due to constricted muscles

August 5th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

It is difficult to discuss Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) without chronic pain entering the discussion. There are a lot of theories about what causes the pain and just as many theories [...]


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NIH addresses chronic pain

August 3rd, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) consists of numerous institutes that address a variety of medical issues. Often the addressed diseases and conditions deal with chronic pain and the NIH [...]


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One woman’s struggle to survive fibromyalgia

July 21st, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

Lindsay is a blogger who frequently posts about her struggle with Fibromyalgia (FMS). She has been dealing with it for the past decade and only identified it as FMS for [...]


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Is fibromyalgia in the body or mind?

July 20th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

In a Rheumatology Journalarticle researchers report on how they measured the blood flow and skin temperature in the area of 5 known tender points of both Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients [...]


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Two Chiropractors offer overview of fibromyalgia literature

July 12th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

Currently, Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is primarily diagnosed when a patient has 11 tender points (out of a possible 18) in all 4 quadrants of the body. This criteria was developed [...]


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