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Fibromyalgia Syndrome
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Fibromyalgia
- Life Extension Foundation
- Fibromyalgia - The Natural Pharmacist
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia -
natmedonline.com
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Fibromyalgia symptoms improved by lifestyle adjustments - Science Daily,
3/29/10
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Association between serum ferritin level and fibromyalgia syndrome - Eur
J Clin Nutr. 2010 Jan 20 - "The mean serum ferritin
levels in the fibromyalgia (FM) and control groups were 27.3+/-20.9 and
43.8+/-30.8 ng/ml, respectively, and the difference was statistically
significant ...having a serum ferritin level <50 ng/ml caused a 6.5-fold
increased risk for FMS" - See
Feosol Ferrous Sulfate Iron Supplement Therapy, Tablets - 125 ea (Pack of 2)
at Amazon.com.
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Treating Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia? - Dr. Weil, 8/17/09
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Inadequate Vitamin D Levels Linked To High Use Of Narcotic Medication By
Patients In Chronic Pain - Science Daily, 3/20/09 -
"Mayo Clinic research shows a correlation between
inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by
patients who have chronic pain ... Physicians who care for patients with
chronic, diffuse pain that seems musculoskeletal — and involves many areas
of tenderness to palpation — should strongly consider checking a vitamin D
level ... many patients who have been labeled with fibromyalgia are, in
fact, suffering from symptomatic vitamin D inadequacy" - See
vitamin D products at iHerb
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Treating Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia? - Dr. Weil, 1/13/09
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The use of D-ribose in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia: a pilot
study - J Altern Complement Med. 2006 Nov;12(9):857-62 -
"D-ribose
significantly reduced clinical symptoms in patients suffering from
fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome" - See
Ribose products at iHerb
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Acupuncture Helps Fibromyalgia - WebMD, 8/24/05
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DHEA no help for fibromyalgia - Nutra USA, 8/8/05
- Benefit of Ribose in a Patient With Fibromyalgia - Medscape, 1/7/05 -
"Ribose is a naturally occurring carbohydrate with documented medical benefits in patients with cardiovascular disease. To our
knowledge, this is the first report to suggest its potential benefit in a patient with fibromyalgia, who had had suboptimal results with conventional therapies"
- Vitamin D: importance in the prevention of cancers, type 1 diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis - Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Mar;79(3):362-71 -
"Vitamin D deficiency is often misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia ... Studies in both human and animal models add strength to the hypothesis that the unrecognized epidemic of vitamin D deficiency worldwide is a contributing factor of many chronic
debilitating diseases ... The recommended adequate intakes for vitamin D are inadequate, and, in the absence of exposure to sunlight, a minimum of 1000 IU vitamin D/d is required to maintain a healthy concentration of 25(OH)D in the blood" - See
iHerb or Vitacost
vitamin D products.
- Individualized Homeopathy Helps Fibromyalgia Sufferers - Healthwell Exchange Daily News, 2/26/04
- Increased Free Radical Levels May Cause Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 1/7/04 -
"These data suggest, claim the authors,
that the "oxidant/antioxidant imbalance related to the disease process, and the increase in free radical levels may be responsible for the development of fibromyalgia.""
- Mild Exercise Effective for Fibromyalgia - New Hope Natural Media, 9/5/02
- Exercise Helps In Fibromyalgia Despite Initial Pain - Doctor's Guide, 7/25/02
- Exercise Can Ease Fibromyalgia - WebMD, 7/25/02
- Massage Helps Fibromyalgia - WebMD, 5/9/02
- Intensifying Aerobics Does Not Provide Big Improvement In Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 3/11/02
- Living Food Diet Eases Fibromyalgia - Nutrition Science News, 3/01 -
"A low-salt, uncooked vegan diet of "living food" relieves fibromyalgia symptoms ... Despite its
benefits, none of the patients chose to adhere to the diet beyond the study period. They did report, however, that their pain gradually returned as they drifted back to their previous omnivorous diet"
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She's
Back! A woman reclaims her life after battling fibromyalgia - Life Extension Magazine, 12/99
- Persistent Pain - Nutrition Science News, 10/99
CME:
General Information:
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Fibromyalgia - American Academy of Family Physicians
- Fibromyalgia - emedicine.com
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Fibromyalgia - FamilyDoctor.org
- Fibromyalgia syndrome - Intelihealth
- Treatments for fibromyalgia
 - Medifocus.com
Other News:
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Obesity associated with increased risk of fibromyalgia - Science Daily,
4/29/10
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Fibromyalgia affects mental health of those diagnosed and their spouses,
study finds - Science Daily, 4/28/10
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Inexpensive Drug Appears To Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain - Science Daily,
4/17/09
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FDA Approves
Milnacipran for Fibromyalgia - Medscape, 1/15/09
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Antidepressants Help Treat Fibromyalgia - WebMD, 1/13/09
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Newly
Approved Fibromyalgia Treatment - Physician's Weekly Article, 9/15/08
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Cymbalta Approved for
Fibromyalgia - Medscape, 6/20/08
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Fibromyalgia: The Invisible Disease - Science Daily, 5/13/08
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Growth Hormone Therapy
May Benefit Some Fibromyalgia Patients - Medscape, 12/14/07
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Pooled Analysis Confirms Efficacy of Pregabalin for Fibromyalgia Pain -
Doctor's Guide, 11/13/07
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Exercise And Education Helps Women With Fibromyalgia - Science Daily,
11/13/07
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Pregabalin Therapy for Fibromyalgia Eases Pain and Improves Sleep Patterns
- Doctor's Guide, 10/9/07
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Why
Don't Painkillers Work For People With Fibromyalgia? - Science Daily,
9/27/07
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Further Legitimization Of Fibromyalgia As A True Medical Condition -
Science Daily, 6/25/07
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FDA Approves First Drug for Treating Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide,
6/21/07
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Gabapentin Shown Effective For Fibromyalgia Pain - Science Daily,
6/11/07
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Fibromyalgia: The Misunderstood Disease - Science Daily, 6/1/07
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Lyrica May Help Ease Fibromyalgia Pain - WebMD, 5/23/07
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Fibromyalgia Patients More Sensitive? - WebMD, 5/14/07
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Lyrica May Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain - WebMD, 11/14/06
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Pramipexole May Decrease Fibromyalgia Symptoms - Medscape, 7/28/06
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Sodium Oxybate May Reduce Fibromyalgia Pain - Doctor's Guide, 2/24/06
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Shedding Weight Aids Fibromyalgia - Clinical Psychiatry News, 2/06
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Drug
Used To Treat Parkinson's Disease May Be Beneficial In Treating Fibromyalgia
- Science Daily, 7/28/05
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Duloxetine (Cymbalta) Effective for Women With Fibromyalgia, With or Without
Comorbid Depression - Doctor's Guide, 5/30/05
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Study of Brain Activity of Fibromyalgia Patients Supports Treating
Depression and Physical Pain Independently, Even When They Co-Exist -
Doctor's Guide, 4/28/05
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Pregabalin Cuts Pain in Tough-To-Treat Patients With Neuropathic Pain and
Fibromyalgia Syndrome - Doctor's Guide, 4/13/05
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Fibromyalgia Pain Responds to Pramipexole - Clinical Psychiatry News, 2/05
- Being Active Won't Worsen Fibromyalgia - WebMD, 1/26/05
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Most Fibromyalgia Patients Turn to Alternative Medicine - Clinical Psychiatry News, 11/04
- Paroxetine Controlled Release May Relieve Fibromyalgia Symptoms - Medscape, 10/12/04
- Help for Breastfeeding Moms With Fibromyalgia - WebMD, 9/23/04
- Study Finds Fibromyalgia Prohibits Sufferers From Breast-feeding - Science Daily, 9/23/04
- Study Finds Patients With Fibromyalgia Have Difficulty Breast-Feeding - Doctor's Guide, 9/21/04
- Duloxetine Effective in Fibromyalgia - Medscape, 9/10/04
- Antidepressant Duloxetine Aids in Improving Symptoms, Relieving Pain in Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 9/9/04
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Pregabalin Could Be Next Step in Fibromyalgia Tx - Clinical Psychiatry News, 9/04
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Watch for Headache in Fibromyalgia - Clinical Psychiatry News, 8/04
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Acupuncture May Aid Some With Fibromyalgia - Clinical Psychiatry News, 8/04
- Cyclic Alternating Pattern Correlated to Severity of Symptoms in Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 6/11/04
- Posttraumatic Stress, Fibromyalgia Linked - WebMD, 6/10/04
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Duloxetine Benefits Women With Fibromyalgia - Clinical Psychiatry News, 6/04
- Fibromyalgia Patients May Respond Well to an Interdisciplinary Approach - Doctor's Guide, 3/9/04
- Duloxetine May Be Effective for Treatment of Fibromyalgia Symptoms - Doctor's Guide, 3/5/04
- Fibromyalgia Isn't Depression - WebMD, 10/24/03
- Fibromyalgia Comes in 3 Shapes and Sizes - WebMD, 10/3/03
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Ropinirole May Resolve Refractory Fibromyalgia - Clinical Psychiatry News, 5/03
- Central Nociceptive Hyperexcitability Important in Fibromyalgia - Medscape, 5/1/03
- Fibromyalgia Patients Feel Pain More Acutely - WebMD, 4/30/03
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Fibromyalgia's Musculoskeletal Pain May Ease With Pregabalin Therapy - Clinical Psychiatry News, 3/03
- Doctors Over-Diagnose Fibromyalgia, Miss Other Rheumatological Ills - Doctor's Guide, 3/7/03
- Improving Examination for Fibromyalgia of Intervertebral Disc Origin - Doctor's Guide, 2/24/03
- Citalopram Shows Promise in Treating Symptoms of Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 2/21/03
- Standard Fibromyalgia Care Often Has Favourable Outcome - Doctor's Guide, 2/20/03
- Fibromyalgia More Than Growing Pains - TheSanDiegoChannel.com, 2/6/03
- Lifting the Veil - The Face of Fibromyalgia - Physician's Weekly, 1/30/03
- Sleep Mediates Pain and Fatigue in Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 12/17/02
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Fibromyalgia Overtreatment Can Be Toxic - Clinical Psychiatry News, 12/02
- Pregabalin Effective in Treating Symptoms of Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 10/30/02
- Pregabalin Improves Pain and Fatigue Symptoms in Patients With Fibromyalgia - Medscape, 10/30/02
- Lower-Back and Fibromyalgia Pain Linked, Possible Source Identified - Doctor's Guide, 10/28/02
- Laser Therapy And Amitriptyline Both Effective For Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 10/24/02
- Women with Fibromyalgia Experience Significant Pain During Routine Mammography - Doctor's Guide, 8/22/02
- Fibromyalgia Patients Benefit From Balneotherapy - Doctor's Guide, 8/1/02
- Growth Hormone Eases Fibromyalgia Pain - WebMD, 6/27/02
- Fibromyalgia Responds to Growth Hormone Treatment - Doctor's Guide, 6/20/02 -
"Patients with fibromyalgia get relief from
many of their symptoms when they are treated with growth hormone therapy ... We had previously found that a high number of patients with fibromyalgia have low levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 [IGF-1] ... The results suggest that a secondary growth hormone deficiency may be
responsible for some symptoms of fibromyalgia"
- Fibromyalgia Pain Is Real - WebMD, 6/12/02
- Fibromyalgia Pain Isn't All In Patients' Heads, New Brain Study Finds - Doctor's Guide, 6/6/02
- Women With Fibromyalgia Have Impaired Growth Hormone Secretion - Doctor's Guide, 5/22/02
- GH Response to Exercise Impaired in Fibromyalgia - Medscape, 5/6/02
- Fibromyalgia: A Growth-Hormone Defect? - WebMD, 5/3/02 -
"They found that growth-hormone levels went up in the healthy women, but not in the
women with fibromyalgia ... What caused this growth-hormone defect? The researchers guessed that it might be too much of another hormone -- somatostatin -- which blocks growth hormone"
- Daytime Hypersomnolence Linked To Severity Of Fibromyalgia Symptoms - Doctor's Guide, 5/2/02
- Fibromyalgia Treatment Raises Eyebrows - WebMD, 4/19/02
- How do you treat fibromyalgia and does yoga or other forms of exercise work? - CNN, 4/4/02
- Fluoxetine Effective In Women With Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 3/28/02
- Fibromyalgia Husbands Suffer, Too - WebMD, 3/21/02
- Pain Scores Not an Accurate Reflection of Fibromyalgia Severity - Doctor's Guide, 11/16/01
- Bad News for Breast Implants, Leaky Silicone Implants Linked to Painful Condition - WebMD, 5/18/01 -
"a recent study introduces a new twist: Women whose ruptured implants leak silicone into their
bodies seem to have a higher incidence of a painful syndrome called fibromyalgia, a study shows"
- These Brain Waves May Tame Fibromyalgia, Electrotherapy Looks Promising -- but Are Results Too Good to Be True? - WebMD, 5/1/01
- Fibromyalgia: Brief, Intense Treatment Can Help - WebMD, 4/11/01 -
"Three intense half-day sessions focusing on stress management, exercise, and relaxation therapies resulted in less pain,
stiffness, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and other symptoms for a group of fibromyalgia sufferers"
- Brief Fibromyalgia Treatment Program Reduces Some Symptoms - Doctor's Guide, 4/10/01
- Low Doses Of Oral IFN-Alpha Offers Some Relief In Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 3/10/00
- Chronic Fatigue Associated With Additional Health Problems - Doctor's Guide, 1/10/01
- Low Doses Of Oral IFN-Alpha Offers Some Relief In Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 3/10/00
- Living with fibromyalgia - CNN, 8/3/99
- Anti-depression Drugs Effective in Treating Fibromyalgia - Doctor's Guide, 10/24/95
- Studies Cast Doubt on Link Between Silicone Implants and Rheumatic Disease - Doctor's Guide, 10/24/95
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