I have fibromyalgia and am always in pain. I go to a pain doctor and take Cymbalta, Klonipin and Hydrocodone. I take 3 10mg Hydrocondone a day and they are starting to not work. I am not sure if there is a stronger strength or if I can take more. I know the pain in [...]
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The last two days have been spent in semi-consciousness, between long lengths of sleep and short gaps of wakefulness. I am on an extended trip to La-La Land. Going bowling for my son’s birthday on Sunday was most likely the precursor. I woke up Monday morning extremely stiff and could feel pain in parts of [...]
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 [...]
Living with fibromyalgia is a vicious circle of pain and depression but Lucy Rowley and Ruthann Bruce found respite from the suffering as well as friendship by attending support group meetings. They now lead the Metro Fibromyalgia & CFS Support Group to help themselves as well as others with the disorder. On Thursday, May 7, [...]
Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) may be useful in treating fibromyalgia, according to research published online April 22 in Pain Medicine. Jarred Younger, Ph.D., and Sean Mackey, M.D., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, Calif., analyzed data from 10 women with fibromyalgia who went through a single-blind crossover trial with two weeks of [...]
10 women with fibromyalgia to take part in a small pilot study at Stanford over a 14-week period to test the new use of a low dose of a drug called naltrexone for the treatment of chronic pain. The drug, which has been used clinically for more than 30 years to treat opioid addiction, was [...]
The complex and controversial syndrome of fibromyalgia has gained increasing medical status among physicians as being a “real” condition instead of the “depressed woman’s hypochondria.” After nearly 150 years of medical research, this syndrome is now well-recognized, with a particular set of symptoms. Although there is no cure for fibromyalgia, its painful and exhausting symptoms [...]