The Food and Drug Administration has just issued what’s called a “Medwatch Alert” warning that Epidural steroid injections or “ESIs” for back and neck pain can be extremely dangerous. The alert says: “Injection of corticosteroids into the…
chronic fatigue syndrome
A detailed guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), including its symptoms, causes, and effective treatment strategies to improve energy and well-being.
Abuse on the rise of prescription medicine gabapentin, known as ‘Johnnys’
If you aren’t on this medication, chances are you know someone who is. It’s used to treat everything from pain to mood disorders and can be just what the doctor ordered for many. But now,…
Duloxetine (Cymbalta) Side Effects & Withdrawal. Must Read You Just Cannot Ignore
We have received so many complaints about duloxetine side effects that we have lost count. Far more disturbing is the number of people who tell us how hard it is to discontinue this drug. Decades…
Why Are My Joints So Stiff? What Can I Do?
You’re Getting Older As you age, your cartilage — the spongy material that protects the ends of your bones — begins to dry out and stiffen. Your body also makes less synovial fluid, the stuff…
Fibromyalgia Project Wins One of Three Purdue Pharma Research Grants for Chronic Pain and Pain Assessment
A research project focused on developing an objective measure of pain-related interference with cognitive performance in people with fibromyalgia is one of three awarded research grants recently by Purdue Pharma. An independent steering committee oversaw the…
Prince Did Not Die From Pain Pills — He Died From Severe Chronic Pain
The media can’t look to get its stories about Prince right. As the news feed overflows with stories with the word Prince and drug addiction in them, not many of them feature the word chronic pain. Multiple reports show…
Fibromyalgia Disease Patient’s Difficulty Smelling Linked to Decreased Olfactory Bulb Volume
Patients with Fibromyalgia Disease may have reduced volume of the olfactory bulb, a key structure in how we perceive and distinguish smell, a study found. That finding may help explain why some patients report impairments…
Showering with Fibromyalgia: Why Causing more Pain?
When you are first told that the pain and tiredness that you have is due to having fibromyalgia, it can be devastating. You are going to find that this new diagnosis could mean that you…
Swelling and Fibromyalgia: How Fibromyalgia Swelling Hurts
Osteoarthritis is the most common musculoskeletal condition, followed by fibromyalgia. More often than not, fibromyalgia is misunderstood and misdiagnosed. Characteristics of this disorder/condition include muscle and joint pain/tingling, fatigue, and many other symptoms. Quite often,…
Death by a thousand needles: The debilitating condition that leaves sensitive sufferers in excruciating pain
It is a chronic condition that renders sufferers so sensitive that even the lightest touch triggers waves of excruciating pain. Fibromyalgia is thought to affect up to a million Britons, commonly women over 40, and…