Prescriptions for opioids jump following co-proxamol ban

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Courtesy PulseToday.co.uk. By Lilian Anekwe – 17 March 2009 Opioid prescriptions have jumped during the withdrawal of co-proxamol, with GPs apparently struggling to find adequate means of pain control for some patients. Prescriptions for morphine have risen by more than 40% and those for tramadol by [...]

Many Chronic Patients Cannot Afford Care

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: March 20, 2009 WASHINGTON, March 20 — One patient in four with a chronic condition has postponed healthcare or filling a prescription in the past year because he cannot afford it, researchers here said. Latinos (43%) and middle-age [...]

Chili Pepper Compound Can Bring Pain Relief

From the FMS News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton COURTESY usnews.com Health Day – Monday March 16 Capsaicin works on nerves to ease joint discomfort, scientists say (HealthDay News) – University of Buffalo scientists say they have found how capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their fiery flavor, also works to relieve joint and muscle [...]

Disability Equality

From the Fibromyalgia News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Courtesy News Distribution Service for Government and Public Sector Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (National) The Government has highlighted progress towards achieving its ambition of equality for disabled people by 2025 with the publication of a series of reports from 11 Secretaries of State, the Office [...]

New UNR center raises hopes for CFS patients

From the News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton  BY LENITA POWERS • LPOWERS@RGJ.COM • FEBRUARY 5, 2009 People from across the nation and around the world who suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other neuroimmune diseases are waiting anxiously for the opening next year of a new medical research center at the University of Nevada, Reno. [...]

NEW DATA ON THERAPIES FOR PAIN AND INFLAMMATION FROM PFIZER

By Jeanne Hambleton © Fibromite NFA Leader Against Pain While I am a great believer in positive thinking, I have to accept that medication can be the only way that allows some people to live with pain and this impossible invisible condition called fibromyalgia. From this point of view I must say I am pleased [...]

A GLASS OF BEER AND A ROW OF KNITTING

by Jeanne Hambleton  © 2008 NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate   When I decided to write this story I had no idea just how popular knitting had become until a read an article in the Daily Express just before Christmas. My idea was to recommend this pastime as a way to occupy the mind, keep the fingers [...]

CONGO’S BILL AND THE RACE AGAINST TIME

by Jeanne Hambleton  © 2008 NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate   A committee of the New Jersey Senate has considered a new bill called Congo’s Law and there are hopes that Congo, the German Shepherd dog, will no longer be under sentence of death. See original story: Congo gets world wide support Congo was put on “death [...]

Growth hormone as concomitant treatment in severe fibromyalgia associated with low IGF-1 serum levels. A pilot study.

Cuatrecasas G, Riudavets C, Guell MA, Nadal A. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: There is evidence of functional growth hormone (GH) deficiency, expressed by means of low insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) serum levels, in a subset of fibromyalgia patients. The efficacy of GH versus placebo has been previously suggested in this population. We investigated the efficacy and [...]

Phoenix Rising Researcher of the Year, Paper of the Year and Top Ten Papers

by Cort Johnson © 2007 This is coming a bit late but I encourage you to take a look back at 2006. 2006- “The Year of Innovation” – was a extraordinarily interesting year in ME/CFS as researchers again and again applied cutting edge technology in their efforts to understand it These efforts resulted in important [...]