The Opioid Painkiller Crackdown’s Silver Lining for Fibromyalgia: The Heal Initiative
Opioid Painkiller Crackdown The news regarding opioids has been mostly bad for fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients. Restrictions on opioid pain killers could put these medications at risk for FM patients battling one of the most painful...
Pressure Mounting: Is Fibromyalgia Caused By High Pressure in the Brain (Intracranial Hypertension)
We propose that chronic idiopathic spinal fluid pressure dysregulation underlies both FM and the clinical entity of symptomatic Tarvlov cysts, which both present as peripheral neurological disorders. The authors This is the third in a series of blogs providing...
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) May Be Common in Fibromyalgia
Two Cognitive Diseases Fibromyalgia is more than a pain disease – it’s also a cognitive disease. In fact, some studies suggest the cognitive issues can present more problems than the pain. They’ve been prevalent and serious enough to spark the...
An Easy Way to Tell if You Have Small-Fiber Neuropathy? The Fibromyalgia Symptom Study
Dr. Anne Oaklander didn’t just discover the small nerve fiber problems in fibromyalgia, she’s literally trying to build the small nerve fiber field from the bottom up. We can thank the NIH for that: it awarded her with a big ROI grant a couple of years ago...
Tying the Brain and Body Together in Fibromyalgia?
Studies showing that the parts of the brain that process pain signals are lit up like Christmas trees in fibromyalgia, migraine, and other chronic pain disorders indicate that the brain plays a major role in these diseases. Other fibromyalgia studies, which indicate...StudyME
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