Will Ketamine be the Next Big Thing for Pain, Depression (and Fatigue)?
A fibromyalgia doctor just gave the thumbs up to ketamine. So did the past director of the National Institute of Mental Health. They both think ketamine or rather drugs based on it could be the cat’s meow for pain and depression. But ketamine also recently...
A Mayo Clinic Love Story – and the Chink in Their Armor
The Mayo Clinic is where people with difficult to diagnose and treat diseases go. The Mayo Clinic’s Rochester Hospital was recently ranked the best in the world. For many ME/CFS and FM patients, though, the Mayo has been more a place to stay away from than to...
When an ME/CFS/POTS Patient Responds to a Multiple Sclerosis Drug – What Does It Mean?
Rachel had ME/CFS but she’d been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. That might sound like bad news but it wasn’t. She ended up responding so well to an MS drug that her doctors didn’t know what to think about it. They’d never seen anything...
Next Gen Opioid Drugs Promise Pain Relief Without Side Effects
Opioid Painkillers Under Attack Opioid based pain drugs have dominated the pain relief marketplace for years but their dominance has more reflected a lack of other options than anything else. They’re quite effective at reducing acute pain but not so good at with...
The PACE Trial Gets Its Most Devastating Critique Yet
The PACE trial has taken its hits – plenty of them but it’s never taken a hit like this – a full blown critique by the head of a statistical organization. With it’s publisher Lancet still deflecting inquiries the PACE trial is still alive but...StudyME
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