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Found 66 result(s) FROM 1963 pages containing the term 'fibromyalgia'.
Friday Apr 02, 2010
Spotlight on Sjögren's Syndrome
As many as 4 million Americans are affected by the autoimmune disorder, but most suffer from symptoms for 3 or more years before receiving an accurate diagnosis...
Wednesday Mar 31, 2010
Fibromyalgia Symptoms May be Alleviated by Short Bursts of Physical Activity
Lifestyle physical activity intervention may reduce fibromyalgia symptoms and improve physical function...
Wednesday Mar 03, 2010
Patients Speak Out About the Pain of Fibromyalgia
Sometimes the best way to learn about a disease is to listen to the patients who suffer from it...
Tuesday Sep 29, 2009
Fibromyalgia Goes Legit
Better understanding of the brain chemistry anomalies in fibromyalgia have paved the way toward more effective treatments for this pain disorder...
Thursday Sep 17, 2009
Lilly's Cymbalta Maintains Low Back Pain Relief
Data reported at a European pain meeting show that Cymbalta® (duloxetine) maintains relief of low back pain for 41 weeks...
Tuesday Sep 15, 2009
Neuro Exams a Must for Fibromyalgia Patients
Fibromyalgia patients have neurological abnormalities that may correlate with objective FM exam findings and influence treatment decisions...
Wednesday Aug 26, 2009
Virtual Reality: Fibromyalgia Affects Spatial Navigation
Virtual reality (VR) testing confirms what many fibromyalgia patients suspect: spatial learning deficits related to hippocampal dysfunction...
Thursday Jul 09, 2009
EULAR Reports Link High Glutamate to Fibromyalgia Pain
Two studies on glutamate in brains of fibromyalgia patients show abnormal levels of the neurotransmitter in areas related to pain perception and emotional processing...
Monday Jun 08, 2009
Tai Chi Prevents Disability in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
The ancient Chinese exercise practice of Tai Chi may decrease pain, prevent disability, and improve overall physical health and quality of life for people with chronic musculoskeletal pain...
Friday Apr 17, 2009
Naltrexone May Offer Low-Cost Help for Fibromyalgia
Low doses of naltrexone provided significant pain relief in a pilot study in fibromyalgia...
Wednesday Apr 08, 2009
FDA Warns Pharma on "Sponsored Links"
FDA has warned 14 pharmaceutical companies about the brief ads that accompany internet search results...
Thursday Feb 26, 2009
Pfizer Stops Work on Esreboxetine for FM
Pfizer has stopped development of esreboxetine, which was in phase II trials for fibromyalgia...
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009
Tricyclic Antidepressants Best for Fibromylagia
Some antidepressants can dramatically improve fibromyalgia symptoms...
Friday Jan 16, 2009
FDA Backs Savella for Fibromyalgia
FDA has approved Cypress Bioscience's Savella for fibromyalgia pain, function, and well-being...
Monday Nov 10, 2008
Lilly Reports European CHMP Adopts Negative Opinion on Cymbalta® for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia
The European CHMP has adopted a negative opinion on a Cymbalta® (duloxetine hydrochloride) application for the treatment of fibromyalgia, recommending the refusal of a change to the marketing authorization for Cymbalta/Xeristar 30 mg and 60 mg gastroresistant capsules...
Friday Oct 31, 2008
Fibromyalgia Dopamine Agonist Treatment Linked to Compulsive Behaviors
The dopamine agonist pramipexole used to treat fibromyalgia is suspected of causing some of the same compulsive behaviors seen in Parkinson’s disease patients who take this drug...
Monday Oct 27, 2008
Tai Chi Rx for Knee OA
Tai chi may help treat pain and physical impairment among patients with severe knee osteoarthritis…
Thursday Oct 23, 2008
Pain Experts Clear Strength Training for Fibromyalgia
Strength training should have a role in the care and treatment of patients with fibromyalgia…
Tuesday Oct 14, 2008
Antipsychotics for Acute and Chronic Pain in Adults
Antipsychotics may be useful as an add-on therapy for the treatment of chronic and acute pain, but potential side effects should be taken into consideration before prescribing...
Friday Oct 03, 2008
Distress, Chronic Pain Problems More Common in Mothers of Adolescents With Fibromyalgia
Families of adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome have increased prevalence of distress and chronic pain, and are likely to have poorer family functioning and more conflicted family relationships...
Tuesday Aug 26, 2008
Review Discourages Use of Amitriptyline in Fibromyalgia, but May Not Be the Last Word
A review of studies of the tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline (Elavil) for fibromyalgia was generally discouraging, but questions have been raised about the quality of studies included…
Thursday Jul 31, 2008
Antidepressants Pass Analgesic Muster for Fibromyalgia, Chronic Back Pain
Antidepressants can relieve the pain associated with some rheumatic conditions including fibromyalgia and chronic low back pain, but they may not have such pain-killing effects in other related diseases…
Thursday Jul 31, 2008
Altered Intestinal Permeability in Patients with Primary Fibromyalgia or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Researchers discovered that intestinal permeability may be increased in both fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) patients, which can lead to immune modulation…
Monday Jul 28, 2008
Chelsea Therapeutics Granted UK MHRA Approval to Begin Phase II Trial of Droxidopa, a Prodrug of Norepinephrine, in Fibromyalgia
Droxidopa, an orally active synthetic amino acid precursor of norepinephrine (NE), is converted by the body into norepinephrine and as a prodrug of NE, provides replacement therapy for NE deficiency...
Tuesday Jul 01, 2008
Fibromyalgia and Cognition
Some fibromyalgia patients suffer from cognitive problems that mimic roughly 20 years of aging…
Tuesday Jun 17, 2008
Cymbalta® Approved for Fibromyalgia
The antidepressant Cymbalta® (duloxetine) has been approved by the US FDA to treat fibromyalgia…
Tuesday Jun 17, 2008
Fibromyalgia Among Major Depression Disorder Females Compared to Males
Depression is associated with fibromyalgia among female patients, but not males…
Friday Jun 13, 2008
60-Week Safety Data Reassuring for Duloxetine in Fibromyalgia
Duloxetine is safe and tolerable for long-term use in the treatment of fibromyalgia (FM)...
Thursday Jun 12, 2008
Sound, Pressure Show General CNS Sensory Changes in FM
FM patients have a general CNS augmentation of sensory information, not just abnormal pain processing...
Monday Jun 09, 2008
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment in First of Two Phase III Clinical Trials of Sodium Oxybate (Xyrem®) to Treat FMS
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced completion of enrollment in the first of two phase III pivotal clinical trials of JZP-6 (sodium oxybate, Xyrem®) for the treatment of fibromyalgia...
Thursday May 15, 2008
Chronic Widespread Musculoskeletal Pain: A Comparison of Those Who Meet Criteria for Fibromyalgia and Those Who Do Not
Fibromyalgia patients reported more severe symptoms and consequences on their daily life than patients suffering from chronic pain without widespread allodynia…
Tuesday Apr 22, 2008
Pain Management in Fibromyalgia
New treatments targeting central pain mechanisms may benefit patients suffering from chronic pain…
Tuesday Apr 15, 2008
Pain-Fatigue Link May Explain Why FM, CFS Are More Prevalent in Women
A biological link between pain and fatigue may help explain why more women than men are diagnosed with chronic pain and fatigue conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome...
Tuesday Mar 18, 2008
'Boot Camps' Treat Pain Sufferers
An intensive 4-week program works to alleviate chronic pain through biological, psychological, and social approaches…
Monday Mar 03, 2008
Fibromyalgia Patients With CDIP May Benefit From IVIg Therapy
Fibromyalgia (FM) patients with evidence of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) may benefit from treatment with intravenous immunoglubulin...
Thursday Feb 28, 2008
Regular Aquatic Exercise Could Benefit Fibromyalgia Sufferers
Adding aquatic exercise 3 times a week to usual care for fibromyalgia may be a cost-effective strategy for improving quality of life...
Tuesday Feb 19, 2008
Duloxetine, Milnacipran Studies in Fibromyalgia Reported
Duloxetine (Lilly's Cymbalta®) and milnacipran (Cypress Bioscience's Ixel®) studies report promising but mixed results...
Tuesday Feb 12, 2008
Nabilone for the Treatment of Pain in Fibromyalgia
Nabilone, a synthetic cannabinoid, relieves pain and improves symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia...
Tuesday Feb 05, 2008
Cochrane Reviewers Find Little Evidence That Antidepressants Help Chronic Low Back Pain
A Cochrane Review found little evidence to support the common practice of prescribing antidepressants for patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain...
Thursday Jan 24, 2008
Characteristic Electron Microscopic Findings in the Skin of Patients With Fibromyalgia
The lower pain threshold of fibromyalgia patients may be caused by abnormal unmyelinated nerve fibers and associated Schwann cells...
Monday Jan 14, 2008
Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?
As Pfizer markets Lyrica® (pregabalin), the first approved medicine to treat fibromyalgia, doctors debate the legitimacy of the pain syndrome...
Thursday Jan 03, 2008
Forest, Cypress Submit New Drug Application for Milnacipran for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia
Forest Laboratories, Inc and Cypress Bioscience, Inc announced that they have submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US FDA for milnacipran, a unique dual-reuptake inhibitor being developed for the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)...
Thursday Dec 13, 2007
Pediatric Arthritis Causes 827,000 Physician Visits Per Year
Over 290,000 children suffer from pediatric arthritis or other serious rheumatologic conditions and require an average of 827,000 ambulatory healthcare visits per year, which places a significant burden on the health care system...
Monday Oct 29, 2007
Research Shows Why Fibromyalgia Patients Don't Find Relief From Opioids
Fibromyalgia patients have abnormal functioning in a brain receptor involved in response to opioids, which may explain why they may not receive pain relief from narcotics or may require unusually high doses...
Wednesday Sep 19, 2007
Sosei's Fibromyalgia Phase II Trial of Nonopioid Analgesic, AD 337, Fails to Achieve Primary Endpoint
Sosei Group Corp, an international biopharmaceutical company focused on drug reprofiling, announced that its phase II proof-of-principle trial of AD 337 (an enantiomer of an approved, centrally acting, nonopioid, analgesic) for the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) failed to achieve a statistically significant outcome in its primary endpoint at 4 weeks...
Thursday Aug 23, 2007
Lilly Seeks Approval From US FDA for Cymbalta® (duloxetine hydrocholoride) in Fibromyalgia
Eli Lilly and Co announced that it has submitted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the US FDA for Cymbalta® (duloxetine hydrocholoride), a selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SSNRI), for the management of fibromyalgia...
Monday Jun 25, 2007
Pfizer's LyricaR Receives FDA Approval for Fibromyalgia in Adults
Pfizer Inc announced that the US FDA approved Lyrica® (pregabalin) capsules CV for the management of fibromyalgia, one of the most common chronic, widespread pain conditions in the US...
Friday May 18, 2007
Little Benefit Found for Amitriptyline in JIA, But New Research Design May Speed Clinical Trials
Amitriptyline is ineffective for JIA pain, but multiple serial N-of-1 trials plus Bayesian meta-analysis can be used with low patient numbers to weed out treatments that don't merit study in large clinical trials...
Monday May 07, 2007
Selected Presentations From the American Pain Society Meeting
American Pain Society presentations included new research on genetic factors associated with TMJD and with shoulder pain, a randomized trial of nabilone for fibromyalgia, and the intersection between chronic pain and PTSD...
Thursday Feb 01, 2007
Brain Dysfunction Precedes the Development of Fibromyalgia
Abnormalities in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis can be detected more than a year before the development of fibromyalgia symptoms in patients who are psychologically "at risk." HPA dysfunction appears to increase the chance that psychological stress will trigger chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain...
Tuesday Jan 09, 2007
Small Study Highlights Role for Etanercept in Rheumatological Manifestations of HCV
Etanercept seems to be safe and effective for the treatment of rheumatological manifestations associated with hepatitis virus C, but more studies are needed before firm conclusions can be drawn...
Thursday Dec 14, 2006
Transcranial Electrostim Reduces Pain, Confirms Fibromyalgia as a Central Pain Syndrome
Noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation can relieve fibromyalgia pain, pilot study shows...
Monday Nov 20, 2006
Pregabalin Offers Durable Pain Relief in Fibromyalgia
The anticonvulsant pregabalin may offer extended pain relief to fibromyalgia patients... Crofford LJ, et al. Presented at: ACR 2006 Meeting.
Thursday Nov 16, 2006
CDC Pushes to Put CFS on Doctor's Radar Screen
A new public education campaign by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aims to convince healthcare providers that chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is real and needs to be more effectively recognized and treated... CDC Press Conference, November 3, 2006.
Thursday Oct 26, 2006
New Study Casts Doubt on Metabolic Dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A new study comparing response to exercise in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) finds exercise more difficult in CFS/FM patients than in those with CFS alone, but casts doubt on metabolic explanations for CFS…Cook DB, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2006;54:3351–3362.
Monday Aug 14, 2006
Lower IL-4, IL-10 Levels Seen as Possible Basis for Fibromyalgia Test
New research showing that patients with chronic widespread pain have significantly lower levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokines Interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-10 may help doctors develop a cytokine expression profile that can aid in the diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Üçeyler, N, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2006;54:2656-2664
Thursday Jul 06, 2006
Controlled Trial Shows That Acupuncture Improves Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Acupuncture may be a reasonable adjunct to fibromyalgia treatment…Martin, D, et al. Mayo Clinic Proc. 2006;81:749-757.
Tuesday Jun 27, 2006
Whiplash Does Not Trigger Fibromyalgia
Contrary to the conclusions of retrospective studies, the first prospective study finds that whiplash and other road accident traumas do not trigger the onset of fibromyalgia...Tishler M, et al. J Rheumatol. 2006 33:1183-1185.
Wednesday Jun 21, 2006
EULAR Fibromyalgia Recommendations Surprisingly Upbeat
Far from being a hard-to-treat condition, fibromyalgia is yielding to a whole range of pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies, according to a review presented by Ernest H. Choy, MD, at the 2006 EULAR Meeting...
Sunday Dec 18, 2005
Etanercept May Be Effective for the Depression and Fatigue of Psoriasis
A new phase III trial has found that the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitor etanercept not only improves the clinical manifestations of psoriasis but also relieves the fatigue and depression associated with the disease. The findings point to the role higher concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α have in major depressive symptoms…. Tyring S, et al. Lancet [serial online]. December 15, 2005.
Tuesday Nov 22, 2005
RA Patients Less Likely to Take Prophylactic Aspirin Despite Increased MI Risk
Despite a growing body of evidence suggesting that the inflammation that is a hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) increases a patient's risk of myocardial infarction or stroke, RA patients are less likely to take prophylactic aspirin than RA-free controls. These findings call attention to the need for rheumatologists to address this discrepancy in care... Presented at: the 69th Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology; November 12–17, 2005; San Diego, Calif. Abstract 1904.
Monday Aug 29, 2005
Short-Term Acupuncture Found to Relieve the Pain, Fatigue, and Anxiety of Fibromyalgia
Following the results of a study indicating that acupuncture has no effect on fibromyalgia (FM), new research suggests that short-term acupuncture does improve symptoms of pain, fatigue, and anxiety in FM patients. Presented at the 11th World Congress of the International Association for the Study of Pain in Sydney, Australia...
Thursday Jul 28, 2005
Parkinson's Drug Shows Initial Promise in Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia patients taking pramipexole, a dopamine3-receptor agonist, reported decreased pain and fatigue and improved function and global status compared with study participants taking placebo... Holman AJ, Myers RR. Arthritis Rheum. 2005;52:2495-2505.
Tuesday Jul 19, 2005
Acupuncture Provides Short-Term Benefits in Knee OA
Acupuncture improves pain and functioning in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), but only in the short term... Witt C, et al. Lancet. 2005;366:136-143.
Thursday May 05, 2005
Presence of Parallel Neural Pain Pathways May Assist in the Management of Fibromyalgia Patients
New research among patients with fibromyalgia shows evidence of parallel, independent neural processing pathways for sensory and affective pain, a finding that may lead to better diagnosis, selection of therapeutic agents, and efficacy for the chronic pain and concomitant depression that accompany the condition... Giesecke T, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2005;52:1577-1584.
Tuesday Nov 02, 2004
Patients' Readiness to Self-Manage Chronic Pain Associated With Improvement in Treatment Protocols and Coping Skills
Interventions to increase chronic pain patients' motivation is shown to increase patient engagement in pain treatment and contribute to improved long-term outcomes…Jensen MP, et al. Pain. 2004;111:84-95.
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