NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Acupuncture may provide some temporary pain relief for people with fibromyalgia, but does not help with fatigue, sleep problems, or physical function, according to a new research review. However, the results are too inconsistent to recommend acupuncture as a treatment fibromyalgia, the reviewers conclude. Fibromyalgia, a debilitating pain syndrome that [...]
Tomorrow morning you will wake up feeling exhausted and find every inch of your body is aching. Your brain feels like it is in a fog; you can think but it is very difficult to understand. You presume that you are getting the flu and you stay home from work so you won’t infect anyone [...]
Your Fibro Editor: A good article from WebMd about alternative treatments for fibro. Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia … How well do they work?
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Many people don’t exercise because they associate exercising with uncomfortable pain. Then how can people with Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) who live with constant pain be encouraged to exercise? Pain is a “normal” almost accepted part of daily life. Morning stiffness, reduced joint mobility, muscular weakness, cardio respiratory impairment, poor posture, sleep deprivation, anxiety and depression [...]
Happy holidays, time with friends and family, the freshness of a new year – there are many things to look forward to with the arrival of winter. If you’re among the millions of Americans, however, who suffer from chronic pain, winter can bring on a whole new set of problems and pains. Whether you suffer [...]
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition whose symptoms include muscle and tissue pain, fatigue, depression, and sleep disturbances; it often mimics or appears together with other chronic conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), lupus, and arthritis. “There are usually other things that are triggering it, so you have to individualize treatment for each patient,” says [...]
There is new hope for an effective treatment for people with fibromyalgia, with a research study about to begin at Deakin University Integrated research unit in Victoria. Fibromyalgia has been estimated to affect 2 to 4 percent of the population and represents a significant burden on the healthcare system. Whilst the exact cause of fibromyalgia [...]
You may well have heard of fibromyalgia but what exactly is it? It is a chronic condition of widespread pain and profound fatigue. The pain tends to be felt as diffuse aching or burning, often described as head to toe. It may be worse at some times than at others. It may also change location, [...]
Recently the drug Pregabalin (Lyrica) was studied to determine its effectiveness in patients with fibromyalgia. Pregabalin is an anti-seizure drug and frequently used to treat various types of pain disorders. Lyrica has also been found effective for generalized anxiety disorder. Pregabalin is marketed by Pfizer under the trade name Lyrica. Click here to read the [...]
A woman who said she suffered from fibromyalgia for years finally found relief from the painful condition after a specialist put her on a new type of medication in a clinical trial back in 2006.
Most doctors are not too enthusiastic about natural and homeopathic means of treating fibromyalgia.
Many people with fibromyalgia are not diagnosed with the disease right away. Many physicians believe that the disease is all in the mind.
“Imagine waking up every morning,” Amy Shephard says, “with a 103-degree fever and flu-like symptoms. Your body aches, you’re exhausted.” Shepherd suffers from fibromyalgia. “I still want to run. But I can’t run anymore, it will cause a flareup.” In 2005, Shepherd was diagnosed with the syndrome that has many doctors and patients scratching their [...]
It’s often misdiagnosed and misunderstood, even by doctors. Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain illness, and it affects about 10 million Americans. You never where its going to show up in your body,” says Marilyn Morrison. “One day its in your wrists, then two days later its in your knees.” Morrison has suffered with fibromyalgia for [...]
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ(10)) is an essential electron carrier in the mitochondrial respiratory chain and a strong antioxidant. Signs and symptoms associated with muscular alteration and mitochondrial dysfunction, including oxidative stress, have been observed in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Click here to read more
On May 12, millions of people affected by the chronic pain disorder fibromyalgia will join together with friends and family to commemorate National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.
A low dose of naltrexone, a drug commonly used to treat alcoholism and drug addiction, is effective in relieving pain and fatigue in some patients with fibromyalgia, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California have found. Click Here For More Info