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Overview of FM
Diagnosis of FM
Treatment of FM
Find a specialist
Pain
Amplification
Myofascial Pain
Exercise advice
Patient's advice
Lupus and FM
Sjogren's and FM
Pregnancy in FM
Disability
and FM
Herbal /dietary
Body mass (BMI)
Growth Hormone
Relaxation
Having surgery?
Frida
Kahlo
Controversies
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Treatment of
Fibromyalgia Despite
continuing negativism from some medical professionals, there is
now abundant evidence that fibromyalgia symptoms can be
significantly helped by an individually crafted program of
medications and gentle exercise. Fibromyalgia is not a
psychiatric disorder, although there is good evidence that some
FM patients share have an inherited predisposition to depressive
illness. Furthermore, many antidepressant medications (e.g.
amitryptiline, Duloxetine) have an effect on pain pathways that
are independent of their effects on depresssion; the same can be
said for some anti-epileptic medications (e.g. Neurontin, Lyrica).
The following links provide
details of various management strategies:
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FIQ (questionnaire)
QOL (questionnaire)
FM literature
Research subjects
Fibromyalgia
DVDs
Presentations
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