by Cort Johnson | Jul 27, 2017 | Brain, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Insula, Lyrica, Research
The “Global Pain” Diseases There are two kinds of “pain” in fibromyalgia. There’s a more ordinary kind of pain – the burning, stabbing, aching, etc. usually associated with some type of injury (even though no overt physical injuries...
by Cort Johnson | Jul 12, 2017 | Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Liptan, Low Dose Naltrexone, Opioid drugs, Treatment
“The most effective way to reduce spinal cord inflammation” Dr. Ginerva Liptan Dr. Liptan came to specialize in fibromyalgia after coming down with the disease in medical school. She employs an integrative approach to the disease which includes, as she...
by Cort Johnson | Jul 10, 2017 | Cytokines, Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Low Dose Naltrexone, Treatment
Low dose naltrexone (LDN) is becoming more and more widely used in fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). You can chart that use right back to Jarred Younger’s two small FM trials in 2009 and 2013. Now Younger’s back with a third trial...
by Cort Johnson | Jul 8, 2017 | Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Low Dose Naltrexone, Lyrica, Propanolol, Treatment
It wasn’t supposed to go this way. Daiichi Sankyo bet big, big money that it’s safer, more effective version of Lyrica (pregabalin) called mirogabalin was going to be the next big thing in fibromaylgia (FM). It was so confident that it embarked on a...
by Cort Johnson | Jun 25, 2017 | CBT-GET, Homepage, Treatment
The Lancet — one of the most highly regarded journals in the world — is back on the chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) community’s front page. That’s probably enough to either elicit curses from ME/CFS patients or to produce a strong desire to...
by Cort Johnson | Jun 22, 2017 | Diet, Treatment
In the third of a series of blogs examining the role that paleo/ketogenic/carbohydrate limited diets may in limited diets may in treating ME/CFS/FM, Remy explores “Wired to Eat” a book that provides a way for you to determine which carbs are good for you...