The Big Hurt: Second Major Fibromyalgia Drug in a Year Fails
It wasn’t supposed to go this way. Daiichi Sankyo bet big, big money that it’s safer, more effective version of Lyrica (pregabalin) called mirogabalin was going to be the next big thing in fibromaylgia (FM). It was so confident that it embarked on a...
Breaking the Bad Sleep / Pain Cycle? A Fibromyalgia Inquiry
Sleep deprivation is common in fibromyalgia and it doesn’t just cause fatigue. Studies show that losing sleep increases your pain sensitivity as well, and quickly; it took just two nights of fragmented sleep to significantly increase pain sensitivity in healthy...
Combining Drugs May Work Better in Fibromyalgia
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...
Benzodiazepines Pose Threat to People Using Opioid Painkillers
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...
Through the “Valley of Death”: Pridgen, Fibromyalgia and the Looming Clinical Trials
With the Phase III trials looming, the results of Dr. Pridgen’s phase II clinical trials on his antiviral approach to fibromyalgia have been released. His next step – finding a way through the “valley of death” where many drug possibilities...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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