Dr. Skip Pridgen, a surgeon in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, believes that a herpes simplex virus - 1 (HSV-1) infection that affects the nerves across the body is causing fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
Pridgen created a novel treatment protocol that targeting HSV-1 using an antiviral (Famvir), a anti-inflammatory (Celebrex) and, at times, an antidepressant. The results from a large Phase II (400 patient plus) multisite trial should be available in Sept, 2022. A 2022 paper confirmed the presence of active HSV-1 virions in the guts of FM patients. A similar antiviral trial is underway in long COVID.
Check out the fascinating story of a Tuscaloosa surgeon who's trying to upend our understanding of fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID.
Blogs
Studies
Check out the fascinating story of a Tuscaloosa surgeon who's trying to upend our understanding of fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID.
Blogs
- Big Antiviral Trial Could Usher in New Treatment Era for Fibromyalgia
- The Devil Is In The Details – A Herpes Simplex Virus Inquiry For Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Brief Report From Dr. Prigden on the Fibromyalgia Antiviral Trial – and the Future Chronic Fatigue Syndrome One
- Pridgen Reports Fibromyalgia Antiviral Trial Results “Very Positive” : Predicts New Approach Will Be “Game-Changer”
- Drug Combo in Pridgen Antiviral Fibromyalgia Trial Identified – Some Results Available
- Pridgen Talks! About the Results of the His Antiviral Fibromyalgia Study
- The Pridgen Revolution? Dr. Pridgen on Bringing His Antiviral Approach to Fibromyalgia To Market
- Dr. Pridgen on Doses, Fixing Broken Bodies and Why the Next Fibromyalgia Trials Will Be Better
- Through the "Valley of Death": Dr. Pridgen, Fibromyalgia and the Looming Trials
Studies
- A famciclovir + celecoxib combination treatment is safe and efficacious in the treatment of fibromyalgia - results from Phase II study.
- A Herpesvirus for Fibromyalgia? Active Herpes Simplex Virus Found in FM Patients’ Guts
![ME/CFS lecture | Dr Nancy Klimas | 2011 [Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / SEID / New Zealand] - YouTube](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
