Benzodiazepines Pose Threat to People Using Opioid Painkillers
Doctors and patients are increasingly being warned to avoid opioid painkillers if possible but an important factor in the opioid painkiller issue is often missed. Benzodiazepine drugs, including some like Klonopin that are often used in FM and ME/CFS, when...
How to be Broke and Medicated with Fibromyalgia or ME/CFS
Having FM and ME/CFS can be financially challenging but if you’re low on cash or are looking for just ways to save money don’t give up hope. There are many ways to save money on prescription drugs, supplements or even doctors appointments. Did you know,...
Through the “Valley of Death”: Pridgen, Fibromyalgia and the Looming Clinical Trials
With the Phase III trials looming, the results of Dr. Pridgen’s phase II clinical trials on his antiviral approach to fibromyalgia have been released. His next step – finding a way through the “valley of death” where many drug possibilities...
Fibromyalgia: the Best Doctors and Getting Better Poll Results
How, in general, do people with FM do over time? How satisfied are they with the treatment options available to them? Which doctors give them the best chance of getting better? Which are validating and which are not? Which are knowledgeable and which are not? Check...
The Fibromyalgia Doctor’s Poll: What Kinds of Doctors Are Best?
Health Rising continues its series of blogs on basic aspects of fibromyalgia with a look at which kinds of doctors help and don’t help. From general practitioners to physiatrists (pain specialists) people with FM see a wide variety of practitioners who range...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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