A ‘Murky Business’ – Yes it is REAL

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Drug makers’ push boosts ‘murky’ ailment

PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT AND FOREST LABORATORIES TO COLLABORATE ON DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION

Collaboration to develop proprietory selection norepinephrine and serotonin reuptake inhibitor for depression and central nervous system disorders.

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 [...]

EUROPEAN FIBROMITES ARE DENIED CYMBALTA/DULOXETINE

By Jeanne Hambleton © 2008 News that the drug Cymbalta/Xeristar, a medicine containing the active substance duloxetine, will not be approved in Europe as the first official drug to treat fibromyalgia has been announced, causing grave concern to those who suffer with pain 24/7. This has led to fears that the decision may lead to [...]

A LETTER TO ‘NORMALS’

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2008 NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate How many times do you feel guilty when you watch your family do jobs which you used to do without thinking about it? What is your reaction to that barbed comment, “No, you sit still. You said you don’t feel well!” Yes me too – I [...]

HELP WITH RESEARCH

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2008 NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate If you have fibromyalgia, has your doctor has prescribed nefopam also known as Acupan, as a strong painkiller for you? Have you suffered any side effects? Does it suit you and kill off your pain? Professor Patrick Wood, M D, well known for his fibromyalgia and [...]

Stress, depression high among Canadian peacekeepers

By Communications Staff Thursday, December 13, 2007 Canada’s peacekeepers suffer similar rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) as combat, war-zone soldiers, according to a London, Ont. research team. Psychiatrist J. Donald Richardson and his co-investigators also found that PTSD rates and severity were associated with younger age, single marital status and deployment frequency. Richardson is [...]

Anti-polymer antibody in Italian fibromyalgic patients.

Bazzichi L, Giacomelli C, De Feo F, Giuliano T, Rossi A, Doveri M, Tani C, Wilson RB, Bombardieri S. ABSTRACT: The objectives of our study were to evaluate the presence of antipolymer antibody (APA) seropositivity in 285 Italian patients affected by primary fibromyalgia (FM) and to verify if APA levels correlate with the disease severity [...]