State Bill Aims to Help People with Fibromyalgia
Wednesday February 27, 2008
I'm not sure how to feel about this one. As reported in the Kansas City Star newspaper, a bill aimed at helping people with fibromyalgia is working its way ... Read More
The Type-A Personality in Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Tuesday February 26, 2008
Have you ever noticed how many people with fibromyalgia (FMS) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS) have (or at least, used to have) type-A personalities? I've seen it ... Read More
Drugs Used for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Monday February 25, 2008
Do terms like SNRIs and tricyclic agents make your eyes glaze over? Do you wonder what could be out there to treat chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS) that ... Read More
Does Pain Wear Out Your Brain?
Thursday February 21, 2008
If you sit in your driveway and rev up your car a lot, you put a lot of wear and tear on certain parts of your car. Those parts ... Read More
Is This Part of Fibromyalgia, or Something Else?
Tuesday February 19, 2008
How many signs and symptoms of fibromyalgia (FMS) do you have? Possibly far more than you've ever guessed. Most FMS resources list the main ones: pain, fatigue, sleep ... Read More
The Up Side to Drug Approvals for ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia
Monday February 18, 2008
Last week I asked whether we're putting the cart before the horse, having drugs approved for fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS) when we don't know what ... Read More
Subgroups - The Future of ME/CFS Treatment
Wednesday February 13, 2008
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS) is notoriously hard to treat (and to diagnose and to live with, but we're just taking about treating here.) Clinic trials routinely fail ... Read More
Women & Higher Rates of Fibromyalgia & ME/CFS
Monday February 11, 2008
Women certainly aren't the only ones who get fibromyalgia (FMS) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS), but we sure do make up the lion's share. Anyone who's witnessed ... Read More
Drugs for Fibromyalgia & ME/CFS - The Cart Before the Horse?
Monday February 11, 2008
We don't know what causes fibromyalgia (FMS) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS.)
We don't know why some people get them while others in the same situation do not.
We don't ... Read More
Heath Ledger's Death Caused by Pain Killers, Sleep Meds
Wednesday February 6, 2008
As I first read about what caused actor Heath Ledger's death, now ruled an accidental overdose, I stared in absolute horror at the combination of drugs in his system: oxycodone, ... Read More
CFS Name-Change Website Launched
Tuesday February 5, 2008
What sounds more serious to you - chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis? Most people would probably say myalgic encephalomyelitis (that is, if they could figure out how to ... Read More
Suicide Risk Warning for Fibromyalgia Drug
Monday February 4, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now warns that Lyrica, which is the only drug approved for fibromyalgia, and other anti-seizure drugs can double your risk of suicidal thoughts and ... Read More