Seeking to curb their misuse, the FDA has come down hard on opioid painkillers, restricting their use, and making it more difficult for some people in chronic pain to gain access to them. Some fibromyalgia patients and their doctors have, not surprisingly, rebelled at...
“The most effective way to reduce spinal cord inflammation” Dr. Ginerva Liptan Dr. Liptan came to specialize in fibromyalgia after coming down with the disease in medical school. She employs an integrative approach to the disease which includes, as she...
Doctors and patients are increasingly being warned to avoid opioid painkillers if possible but an important factor in the opioid painkiller issue is often missed. Benzodiazepine drugs, including some like Klonopin that are often used in FM and ME/CFS, when...
How, in general, do people with FM do over time? How satisfied are they with the treatment options available to them? Which doctors give them the best chance of getting better? Which are validating and which are not? Which are knowledgeable and which are not? Check...
Twenty billion dollars a year… That’s how much Americans in chronic pain spend on prescription pain-killers every year. Most of these are opioid drugs, but the increasing regulatory burden foisted on them and the growing realization of how ineffective and...
Opioid Painkillers Under Attack Opioid based pain drugs have dominated the pain relief marketplace for years but their dominance has more reflected a lack of other options than anything else. They’re quite effective at reducing acute pain but not so good at with...
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