While some people report that their fibromyalgia (FM) occurred after an infection, the idea that FM can be triggered by a pathogen and, in some cases, may be considered a post-infectious disorder really hasn’t made its way down to the FM research community at...
Naltrexone is mostly used to help people addicted to opioid drugs safely withdraw from them, but LDN is used for a far different purpose. By temporarily blocking opioid receptors, LDN, in effect, unleashes them – causing a rebound effect and an increase in the...
Both chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) have received far more attention than fibromyalgia regarding long COVID. Despite the large overlap between fibromyalgia (FM) and ME/CFS, and the fact that FM can be triggered...
Every once in a blue moon you come across a study that kind of stops you in its tracks. This is that one for me. (Thanks to Tim Vaughn for pointing it out.) If the findings hold up it could transform our understanding and approach to fibromyalgia (FM). Plus, it has...
(My apologies for those who got two email blasts. I’m not sure how that happened.) In this hour plus Q&A with Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group I got to blab about hot topics in fibromyalgia research, hope for future treatments, how chronic fatigue...
The muscles, the mitochondria and fibromyalgia – what a potentially potent mix. Over the past six months, at least three fibromyalgia muscle studies have popped up. (Health Rising has reviewed all three). Plus, a study examining energy production problems in...