Dr. Pridgen and his Antivirals Take on Long COVID as his Fibromyalgia Effort Nears its Endgame
Bringing a new drug combination to market is not easy. First, it requires creativity and initiative. Dr. Skip Pridgen was nothing if not creative when he put together a two-drug combo antiviral (valacyclovir) and an anti-inflammatory with antiviral properties...
Metrodora – a High-Tech Clinical / Research Center for ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, POTS – Opens
Another ME/CFS Moment Occurs Another ME/CFS “moment” – a sign that things are changing for people with ME/CFS and related diseases – recently occurred. It’s coming right on the heels of our last ME/CFS moment – last month’s...
My Recovery Journey from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
The eighth in Health Rising’s recent recovery story series brings yet another slant on recovery. We’ve had fast recoveries where someone found “the thing” (Melissa’s spinal patch, Rachel and Adam’s vaccines) that quickly turned...
Osteoporosis: The Fibromyalgia (and ME/CFS and Long COVID?) Connection
Osteoporosis You could have blown me over with a feather. Osteoporosis and fibromyalgia? What in the world could a chronic pain condition have in common with a low bone density condition? Quite a bit, it turns out. Osteoporosis refers to reduced bone density, which...
Immune Disease? Neutrophils on the Attack in Fibromyalgia
“These data demonstrate that neutrophils are fundamental for the development of chronic widespread pain through the infiltration of peripheral sensory ganglia.” The authors There isn’t a lot of fibromyalgia research going on and the field has gone...StudyME
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