by Cort Johnson | Aug 25, 2020 | Bateman, Homepage, Orthostatic intolerance, Treatment
The NASA Lean Test can be easily used in doctors office to diagnose orthostatic intolerance (symptoms worsen while standing) in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia
by Cort Johnson | Aug 12, 2020 | Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Treatment
Linalool - a substance found in plants in the mint family and Cannabis - is ordinarily too volatile to be useful in fibromyalgia. Put it in a nanoparticle, though, and things may be different.
by Cort Johnson | Aug 8, 2020 | Allodynia, Drugs, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage
Talk about an oddball drug. Named after the earth smoke plant, dimethyl fumarate is an old compound used in industrial chemistry. Wikipedia reported that in 2012 you could get it for from $1 to $50 per metric ton (but you had to buy at least two tons of it)....
by Cort Johnson | Jul 8, 2020 | Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, IVIG, Small Fiber Neuropathy
Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) produce so many symptoms that diagnosing them can be difficult for uninformed doctors. While we know that small fiber polyneuropathy (SFPN) (or small fiber neuropathy (SFN) commonly occurs in both these diseases,...
by Cort Johnson | Jun 5, 2020 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Cytokines, Enbrel, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Klimas, Neuroinflammation
Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and other functional pain disorders may triggered by an overactive fight/flight system which results in neuroinflammation.
by Cort Johnson | May 25, 2020 | Brain, Homepage, Intranasal, Neuroinflammation, Treatment
Intranasal preparations could speed the delivery of drugs and supplements like glutathione and insulin to the brain in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia and reduced inflammation there.