Lactate has become a big deal in both chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM). A by-product of anaerobic energy metabolism, lactate ordinarily gets pumped out of our cells in large amounts during exertion. The lactate findings suggest that the energy...
The current crop of FM drugs is hardly the cat’s meow but a recent study suggests that with FM drugs more might be better; i.e. combining drugs – perhaps in lower doses – might help both drugs to work better. Find out more in Combining Drugs May Work...
Sometimes you just guess right. Natelson and Shungu and company made two big guesses in this oh so interesting clinical trial. First, they guessed that people with fibromyalgia would have the same increased brain lactate levels that they’ve found that people...
Milnacipran (brand names: Savella, Ixel) is the third and last drug the FDA approved for the treatment of fibromyalgia in the United States. The fourth serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), to be introduced in the U.S., Savella stops the reuptake of...
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