Archive for April, 2009

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Fibromyalgia pain may be caused by neuron mismatch
The unexplained pain experienced by patients with fibromyalgia is the result of a mismatch between sensory and motor systems, new research suggests. In a study published in the journal Rheumatology, researchers asked patients to look at a reflection of one arm whilst moving their other in a different direction which was hidden behind the mirror. This created a mismatch between what the brain sees via sensory input and what it feels through the motor system that controls movement. Of the 29 patients involved in the study, 26 reported feeling a transient increase in pain, temperature change or heaviness in their hidden limb - all symptoms of a ‘flare up’ of their condition. This suggests that a mismatch between sensory and motor neurons could be at the root of the fibromyalgia - a condition …

About Fibromyalgia
About Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is a musculoskeletal fatigue disorder, nobody knows what the cause of this disorder is as yet, but generally it means pain in the muscles, ligaments and tendons. More women than men suffer with fibromyalgia and it can affect people of all ages. Symptoms You could

Nabilone (synthetic cannibanoid) for the treatment of fibromyalgia pain
Research conducted at the University of Manitoba’s Rehabilitation Hospital [Canada] into the effectiveness of a synthetic cannibanoid for fibromyalgia pain was recently published in the Journal of Pain [2007 Oct 30] . Nabilone is a synthetic cannabinoid that mimics THC, the main ingredient of marijuana, but it can be dosed more uniformly and has more predictable side effects. It causes no or minimal euphoria, and is not derived from the cannabis plant. Nabilone has been used medically as an anti-nausea drug as well as for neuropathic pain. It is sold in many countries as a drug called Cesamet and is FDA approved in the US for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting as well as for the treatment of anorexia and weight loss in AIDS patients. It is widely used “off-label” as …

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Free Fibromyalgia Workshop at Pathways to Wellness - South End News

Free Fibromyalgia Workshop at Pathways to Wellness
South End News, MA
Join us at Pathways to Wellness for "Acupuncture and Fibromyalgia," a free workshop that will show you how this ancient medical technique can help relieve many of your symptoms, including pain, fatigue, and anxiety. It will also provide tips on where

Questions And Answers On Recommendation For The Refusal Of A … - PharmaLive.com (press release)

Questions And Answers On Recommendation For The Refusal Of A
PharmaLive.com (press release), PA
This is expected to reduce the symptoms of fibromyalgia, such as pain. What documentation did the company present to support its application to the CHMP? The company presented the results of five main studies involving over 3000 adults with

Free seminar will give info on fibromyalgia - Detroit Free Press

Free seminar will give info on fibromyalgia
Detroit Free Press, United States
“Because of its complex nature and a lack of one specific test, many doctors have misdiagnosed fibromyalgia symptoms over the years or dismissed them as being in the patient’s head,” Dr. Sultana Mustafa of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers said in a

Drug May Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain - Ivanhoe

Drug May Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain
Ivanhoe, FL
A small pilot study at Stanford University tested the effect of a low dose of the drug naltrexone on 10 women with fibromyalgia. Over a 14-week period, the women used a handheld electronic device to report their symptoms on a daily basis.
What Is Fibromyalgia? What Causes Fibromyalgia? Medical News Today
all 4 news articles

Anti-Addiction Drug May Ease Fibromyalgia Symptoms - About - News & Issues

Anti-Addiction Drug May Ease Fibromyalgia Symptoms
About - News & Issues, NY
NEWSBRIEF: A small pilot study from Stanford University researchers suggests that low dose naltrexone (LDN) may ease fibromyalgia pain and fatigue by up to 30%, and help alleviate other symptoms as well. Of the 10 participants, 6 saw significantly more

When a Super-Bug Strikes Close to Home, How Will You Deal With it? - Huffington Post

When a Super-Bug Strikes Close to Home, How Will You Deal With it?
Huffington Post, NY
and avoid the flu-like symptoms. Many naturopathic doctors, and other alternative health practitioners, are helping people to combat viruses, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and serious chronic illnesses, such as AIDS, various cancers, fibromyalgia,

Addiction drug may relieve fibromyalgia symptoms - Reuters


Reuters
Addiction drug may relieve fibromyalgia symptoms
Reuters
In the study of 10 patients with fibromyalgia, the severity of fibromyalgia symptoms was reduced by 32.5 percent with naltrexone compared with only 2.3 percent with placebo. Naltrexone treatment at bedtime also significantly reduced daily pain,
Low Doses of Drug for Alcoholics Helps Reduce Fibromyalgia Pain Attorney at Law
Inexpensive drug appears to relieve fibromyalgia pain The Virtual Medical Centre
all 11 news articles

Relieving Stress with Alternative Therapies - Single Minded Women

Relieving Stress with Alternative Therapies
Single Minded Women, Arizona
It is suspected that this condition plays a large part in modern auto-immune diseases such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Can?t we simply “think” these treats away? If it were only that simple! In an ideal world where we have all

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Understanding Fibromyalgia - HealthCentral.com
The differences in FM patients exist on a couple of levels. One is the severity of their symptoms. While one patient may be able to continue working, another may be severely disabled and in some cases, even confined to a wheelchair. Just because you

Susi Hately Aldous Blends Yoga and Kinesiology for Pain-Free Movement - PR.com
About 80% of all Americans experience back pain at some point in their life. Often the real cause is overlooked and the pain is masked with medication. Susi Hately Aldous of Functional Synergy offers a therapeutic yoga program for people in pain. Her

Addiction Drug May Help Ease Fibromyalgia - BusinessWeek
FRIDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) — Low doses of an inexpensive drug called naltrexone — already used for years to treat drug addiction — helped reduce pain and fatigue in women with the painful disorder fibromyalgia, a new study has found

Inexpensive Drug Appears To Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain - Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Apr. 21, 2009) — For Tara Campbell, the onset of her fibromyalgia began slowly with repeated sore throats, fevers and fatigue. By the time she was diagnosed, a year later, she had become so debilitated by flulike symptoms and

Life-changing benefits’ for patients using addiction drug - Herald
A drug which is normally used to treat heroin addiction can deliver “life-changing” results for a range of medical conditions, sparking calls for it to be offered more widely to patients. Medical experts claim that low-dose naltrexone (LDN) has been

Drug May Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain - HealthScout
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — An inexpensive drug that’s been used for years to treat opioid addiction may be the key to relieving pain for millions of fibromyalgia sufferers. Fibromyalgia is a disorder that affects an estimated 4 percent of the population

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Fibromyalgia is topic of April 23 seminar at SIC - Daily Register
Fibromyalgia is a disease that is often misunderstood. Harrisburg Medical Center, the Arthritis Foundation and SIC are planning a seminar that could clear up some of the mystery about the debilitating condition. Paula Reeves, branch director of the

Inexpensive Drug May Help to Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain: Study - Med India
For Tara Campbell, the onset of her fibromyalgia began slowly with repeated sore throats, fevers and fatigue. By the time she was diagnosed, a year later, she had become so debilitated by flulike symptoms and exhaustion that she often couldn’t get

Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Cypress Bioscience, Inc. Announce - PR Newswire
NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO, April 20, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) and Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYPB) announced today that Savella(TM) (milnacipran HCl), a selective serotonin and norepinephrine dual

Cheap Drug May Fight Fibromyalgia Pain - Wbaltv.com
A mysterious condition that causes pains and chronic flu-like symptoms and exhaustion may be eased by a cheap drug that has been around for 30 years. Researchers at Stanford University said that a small study showed that naltrexone, which has been

Nazi Health Care is Bioterrorism - Boston IMC
Binghamton versus The Word of God: Do your dumkopfs pull sh*t like this so you feel thafe? “Mass killing! Do not approach! “Man with a gun!”" Then @ 7 PM 4/3, GHW Bush told me that the 13 murders didn’t happen at the Civic Center but at the Broome

Medications/Drugs News - Yahoo News
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - When Pang Jianli walked into a Beijing pharmacy to buy medicine for his flu-stricken son, he was greeted by an overwhelming display of boxes and bottles emblazoned with promises of miraculous cures. Health Tip: Symptoms

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Personal Fibromyalgia Symptoms & Flare-Up Management
Personal fibromyalgia, as I define it, is the unique course of the fibromyalgia sufferer, with his or her own mix and intensity of symptoms and responses to those symptoms that are either chronic or acute, as compared to others with FM. Please note that many of the observations and recommendations

Improve Your Health by Following Fibromyalgia Alternative Therapies
Fibromyalgia is a terrible condition and people affected by it are often overwhelmed by its symptoms and effects. A disturbing fact is that although several million people suffer from fibromyalgia in the United States alone, modern medicine isnt able to produce an efficient specific cure. Despite th

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Site search Overview of FM F
Fibromyalgia Information from University based health care professionals
Source: www.myalgia.com

Welcome To Fibromyalgia Network News
Ad-free patient educational resource on fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
Source: fmnetnews.com

Fibromyalgia Diary Blog
Although doctors say “You cannot get over fibromyalgia ,” I did – completely, using natural means. This is my story of how, and I hope it will help you, too. — Patricia
Source: pandrews.blogs.com

Fibromyalgia Diet
Fibromyalgia Diet - Eating to Reverse Fibromyalgia: Develop healthful eating patterns to strengthen your immune system and eliminate chronic conditions such as
Source: www.vaxa.com

arc :: Fibromyalgia
This booklet is written for people with fibromyalgia and their families and friends. It explains how fibromyalgia affects people in different ways, and how doctors diagnose it.
Source: www.arc.org.uk

Fibromyalgia — familydoctor.org
Information about fibromyalgia from the American Academy of Family Physicians
Source: familydoctor.org

American College of Rheumatology
ACR Home Page : http://www.rheumatology.org/index.asp: ACR Search : http://www.rheumatology.org/search: ACR Site Map: http://www.rheumatology.org/sitemap.asp
Source: www.rheumatology.org

fibromyalgia Support Resource
fibromyalgia resource providing news, fibromyalgia treatment information, medical abstracts and a support community for those coping with fibromyalgia.
Source: www.prohealth.com

Fibromyalgia Diet
A proper Fibromyalgia Diet is important to relieve some of the symptoms. Increase antioxidants and vitamins in your diet and get rid of caffeine and alcohol.
Source: www.myfibro.com

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Health Datebook - Bend Bulletin
Christabel Zamor, left, teaches the principles of working with a mini-hoop during a HoopGirl class in San Francisco. Zamor will be one of the instructors at a three-day hooping event this weekend. For more information, see the Classes section

Free seminar will give info on fibromyalgia - Detroit Free Press
Maybe, you have severe pain and feel exhausted. Or can’t sleep. Or you feel anxious. And granted, that sounds like a typical reaction for anyone who has looked at their 401(k) lately. So it’s easy to dismiss. But all those symptoms are also

SMITHFIELD: Woman lives with mysterious ailment - Morning Sentinel
SENSITIVITY: Sharon Chadbourne has to wear a protective mask when she goes out in public because she suffers from multiple-chemical sensitivity syndrome. SMITHFIELD — Sharon Chadbourne counts her blessings these day, despite the fact that she cannot

Experts: Yoga’s stress reduction helps alleviate other problems - Greenwich Time
RALEIGH, N.C. — The ancient practice of yoga is increasingly finding a new following — among doctors and medical researchers who are working to prove its benefits for a variety of illnesses. Researchers at University of North Carolina Hospitals are

Dumb Boy W’s Gift to Boston - Boston IMC
Binghamton versus The Word of God: Do your dumkopfs pull sh*t like this so you feel thafe? “Mass killing! Do not approach! “Man with a gun!”" Then @ 7 PM 4/3, GHW Bush told me that the 13 murders didn’t happen at the Civic Center but at the Broome

Boston Sh*thead Preservation Society - Boston IMC
Binghamton versus The Word of God: Do your dumkopfs pull sh*t like this so you feel thafe? “Mass killing! Do not approach! “Man with a gun!”" Then @ 7 PM 4/3, GHW Bush told me that the 13 murders didn’t happen at the Civic Center but at the Broome

Online self-diagnosis can cause surfers to fear the worst - Daily Telegraph
We now shop, network, fact-find and even seek soulmates online. So it’s little surprise that, at the first mysterious twinge in the chest or shortness of breath, we self-diagnose by Googling our symptoms. A 2008 study by Microsoft in the US found

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Free seminar will give info on fibromyalgia - Detroit Free Press
Maybe, you have severe pain and feel exhausted. Or can’t sleep. Or you feel anxious. And granted, that sounds like a typical reaction for anyone who has looked at their 401(k) lately. So it’s easy to dismiss. But all those symptoms are also

SMITHFIELD: Woman lives with mysterious ailment - Morning Sentinel
SENSITIVITY: Sharon Chadbourne has to wear a protective mask when she goes out in public because she suffers from multiple-chemical sensitivity syndrome. SMITHFIELD — Sharon Chadbourne counts her blessings these day, despite the fact that she cannot

Health Datebook - Bend Bulletin
Christabel Zamor, left, teaches the principles of working with a mini-hoop during a HoopGirl class in San Francisco. Zamor will be one of the instructors at a three-day hooping event this weekend. For more information, see the Classes section

Experts: Yoga’s stress reduction helps alleviate other problems - Greenwich Time
RALEIGH, N.C. — The ancient practice of yoga is increasingly finding a new following — among doctors and medical researchers who are working to prove its benefits for a variety of illnesses. Researchers at University of North Carolina Hospitals are

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

I Hurt All Over… How to Ease Away the Pain of Fibromyalgia!
At one moment, a life of activity consumed with enjoyable activities like biking, golfing, going to the movies, out to dinner. Then one day, it?s gone. Replaced with constant pain and fatigue. Here?s the lowdown on fibromyalgia.Fibromyalgia is one of the most common forms of arthritis seen in a rheu

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Muscle strengthening vs. aerobic exercise for fibromyalgia
What is more effective in the treatment of fibromyalgia, aerobic exercise or muscle strengthening? That is what researchers at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dokuz Eylül University (Ýzmir, Turkey) decided to find out. This month’s edition of Rheumatology International [2007 Nov 3] reveals their conclusions.The study involved 30 women with fibromyalgia who were randomly assigned to either an aerobic exercise (AE) program or a strengthening exercise (SE) program for eight weeks. “Outcome measures included the intensity of fibromyalgia-related symptoms, tender point count, fitness (6-min walk distance), hospital anxiety and depression (HAD) scale, and short-form health survey (SF-36).”There were significant improvements in both groups regarding pain, sleep, fatigue,…

1 in 4 chronic pain patients has vitamin d deficiency, which can worsen pain
Vitamin D deficiency has been known for a while to be common in fibromyalgia patients, and research has even linked it with anxiety and depression in fibromyalgia. New research, however, shows that Vitamin D deficiency may in fact cause worsening of chronic pain in general. The American Society of Anesthesiologists recently released results of a Mayo Clinic study that shows that 1/4 of chronic pain patients have inadequate blood levels of vitamin D. The study also suggests that such a deficiency can possibly contribute to the severity of chronic pain. Their study showed that patients who have vitamin D deficiency needed a higher dose of morphine for a longer time in order to alleviate their pain.Researchers recorded the serum vitamin D levels of 267 adults undergoing outpatient treatment f…

Research discovers why painkillers don’t alleviate fibromyalgic pain
New research from the University of Michigan Health System (U-M) has discovered why people with fibromyalgia often don’t get pain relief from common painkillers. They were found to have reduced binding ability of a type of receptor in the brain that is the target of opioid drugs such as codeine and morphine. Positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the brains of 17 female patients with fibromyalgia, and of an equal number of age-matched people without the condition revealed the fibromyalgia patients had reduced mµ-opioid receptors (MOR) availability in regions of the brain which normally process and dampen pain signals - specifically, the nucleus accumbens, the anterior cingulate and the amygdala. “The reduced availability of the receptor was associated with greater pain among peo…

Study reveals subgroups of fibromyalgia patients - not all experience psychological distress
This study is particularly relevance to the debate within both medical and patient communities as to the relationship between fibromyalgia and anxiety/depression. Some patients experience depression and/or anxiety before developing fibromyalgia. Some develop these symptoms long after the onset of pain and other fibromyalgia symptomsm. Still others never experience depression and anxiety at all, even as they struggle with the stress of chronic widespread pain. It also brings up questions about whether those fibromyalgia patients who do have depression or anxiety experience more severity of their pain and fatigue symptoms. (Source: The Fibromyalgia Research Blog)

The next generation of fibromyalgia research
Psychiatry Weekly 2008 Dec;3(38) Clauw DJ. Fibromyalgia, once viewed with skepticism by many in the medical field, is increasingly recognized as an organic disorder characterized by a heightened sensitivity to pain and other sensory stimuli, rather than as a somatization syndrome. According to Dr Daniel J. Clauw, this shift in thinking can be attributed directly to the spate of new data that indicate a strong genetic component in fibromyalgia, and objective differences identifiable in functional neuroimaging studies. “More and more physicians are now seeing the scientific studies that have been performed on fibromyalgia over the past decade-brain imaging studies, genetic studies, cerebrospinal neurotransmitter studies-that show a strong biological underpinning to this entire spectrum of il…