Chronic Opioid Therapy Guidelines Offer Direction for Physicians

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Courtesy of Fibromyalgia Network – February 2009 While patients are rightfully concerned about not receiving adequate pain relief, physicians harbor fears about drug abuse, safety issues, and government oversight. New clinical guidelines for the use of chronic opioid therapy in chronic non-cancer pain patients, developed by [...]

Fibromyalgia Research News

From the Fibromyalgia FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine – NCBI – www.pubmed.gov and the National Institutes of Health Multidisciplinary care and stepwise treatment for fibromyalgia J Clin Psychiatry. 2009 Feb 9;69(12):e35. Arnold LM, Bradley LA, Clauw DJ, Glass JM, Goldenberg DL. Division of Women’s [...]

A ‘Murky Business’ – Yes it is REAL

AP Associated Press IMPACT:
Drug makers’ push boosts ‘murky’ ailment

EUROPEAN NETWORK of FIBROMYALGIA ASSOCIATIONS

The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) are to have a consultation with a delegation from the European Network of Fibromyalgia Associations (ENFA)

Exciting news for Fibromyalgia Research!

MAKING MUSIC THE FIBROMYALGIA WAY By Jeanne Hambleton © 2008 They say fibromyalgia runs in families, but my latest news shows that in one family both music and fibromyalgia research are excited about ‘Hard Times’. Spanning three generations, a granddad (a very young one), two of his grandchildren and a nephew, are all involved in [...]

Pain in fibromyalgia is linked to changes in brain molecule

March 10, 2008 Decreases in the amount of the neurotransmitter glutamate are linked to reductions in pain self-report in fibromyalgia patients Ann Arbor, MI – Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a key linkage between pain and a specific brain molecule, a discovery that lends new insight into fibromyalgia, an often-baffling [...]

“Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?”

Malinda Wilcox, a good friend, sent me this article that should be read by everyone that has fibromyalgia or works in the medical profession. Enclosed you will find comments by another good friend Dr. Daniel Clauw. This article first appeared in the New York Times last week and was first brought to my attention by [...]

Characteristic electron microscopic findings in the skin of patients with

Kim SH, Kim DH, Oh DH, Clauw DJ. Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju, South Korea, junjan@dongguk.ac.kr. This blinded study was done to determine if there are any abnormal electron microscopic (EM) findings in the skin of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients, which might contribute to or be due to the increased pain sensitivity seen in [...]

Fibromyalgia: The misunderstood disease

June 1, 2007 A University of Michigan Health Minute update on important health issues. U-M research gives hope for new treatments, better understanding of chronic pain condition ANN ARBOR, MI – Fourteen years ago, Josephine* began to experience severe pain throughout her body. As her symptoms became worse, she sought help from a variety of [...]

Fibromyalgia syndrome.

1: J Rheumatol. 2007 Jun;34(6):1415-25. Mease P, Arnold LM, Bennett R, Boonen A, Buskila D, Carville S, Chappell A, Choy E, Clauw D, Dadabhoy D, Gendreau M, Goldenberg D, Littlejohn G, Martin S, Perera P, Russell IJ, Simon L, Spaeth M, Williams D, Crofford L. Division of Rheumatology Research, Swedish Medical Center, Clinical Professor of [...]