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Relationships among rhinitis, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue (pubmed)


MediNewsDigest: All we can say is that this paper confirms a correlation between rhinitis, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue. The Rhinitis part is intriguing. Bur research is still at the hypothesis stage…

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - July 13, 2010 at 9:42 am

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Living Under Stress With Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Dellwo,about)


MediNewsDigest: Dellwo’ blog discusses a common conundrum. CLICK HERE for link. Of the article de-stressor suggestions:
“… yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, supplements, massage, acupuncture, a relaxing hobby. ..” I would say: all of the above that your time/money can afford without adding stress to the stress.
I doubt that all this grinding stress can be 100% remedied, but, hey, we will take what we can get….

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - May 14, 2010 at 3:31 pm

Categories: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CPRS), Fibromyalgia, Uncategorized, antidepressants, caregivers, depression, mind and body, pain, psychology, stress   Tags: , , , , , ,

Which Drugs Work Best for Fibromyalgia Symptoms? (Dellwo,About)


SJCRG: Excellent comparison of the three main fibromyalgia drugs:
Quoting:
“..compared the safety and effectiveness of the three FDA-approved fibromyalgia drugs — Cymbalta (duloxetine), Savella (milnacipran) and Lyrica (pregabalin)…” CLICK Here to go to article

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - April 30, 2010 at 5:20 pm

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Similarities and Differences of Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndromes (About.com)


SJCRG: Very informative piece from Karen Lee Richards at About.com

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - at 5:02 pm

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Morning Stiffness and Fibromyalgia (fibromyalgia-symptoms)


SJCRG: Good description of this scarry symptom, but references to your physician for solutions might not bring you very far since they know so little about this syndrome.

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - April 27, 2010 at 11:27 am

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Gender Issues in Fibromyalgia and Autoimmune Diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis


SJCRG: CLICK HERE for an interesting article about Men and Fibromyalgia.

SJCRG: CLICK HERE For discussion on the ratio of women to men for auto immune diseases. essentially 4:1

By the way, is this just a coincidence or is fibromyalgia an autoimmune disease too?

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - April 26, 2010 at 2:06 pm

Categories: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia, Multiple Sclerosis, Uncategorized, autoimmune diseases, neuroscience   Tags: , , , , , ,

Efficacies and Doses of Pregabalin [Lyrica] for acute and chronic pain in adults (Cochrane)


SJCRG:
Quoting:
“NNT (7.1 to 21) for fibromyalgia.” This means that Lyrica is least effective for Fibromyalgia compared to other chronic pains

NNT: Number of patients who must be treated before one of them is likely to benefit. The lower,
the better.


SJCRG: An interesting twist is to compare Pregabalin and Gabapentin for neuropaties
CLICK HERE for link to Springerlink study
Whatever works, but way carefully efficacies and side effects……

3 comments - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - April 3, 2010 at 11:03 pm

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Chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia syndrome (pubmed)


SJCRG: good summary of treatments

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - March 21, 2010 at 10:31 am

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Mind and Body: Central role of cognitive processes in the perpetuation of CFS [chronic fatigue syndrome] Pubmed


SJCRG: Paper talks about influencing or decreasing symptoms severity. It does not say that CFS in mind caused.

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - at 10:16 am

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Comparison of Homebound Chronic Fatigue Syndrome [ CFS] Patients with other CFS patients (sciencedirect)


SJCRG: The homebound group differs substantially from the others. They need specific treatments.

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - March 8, 2010 at 11:22 pm

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