The Pridgen Protocol: A Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Resource Center

Dr. Skip Pridgen, a surgeon in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, believes that a herpes simplex virus - 1 (HSV-1) infection that affects the nerves across the body is causing fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

[fright] [/fright]Pridgen created a novel treatment protocol that targeting HSV-1 using an antiviral (Famvir), a anti-inflammatory (Celebrex) and, at times, an antidepressant. He mustered the finances for a successful Phase II trial and has the go-ahead from the FDA for a phase III trial once the finances are secured. That trial will hopefully begin in 2018.

Check out the fascinating story of a Tuscaloosa surgeon who's trying to upend our understanding of fibromyalgia and ultimately chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)

Blogs

• Big Antiviral Trial Could Usher in New Treatment Era for Fibromyalgia
• Brief Report From Dr. Prigden on the Fibromyalgia Antiviral Trial – and the Future Chronic Fatigue Syndrome One
• Pridgen Reports Fibromyalgia Antiviral Trial Results “Very Positive” : Predicts New Approach Will Be “Game-Changer”
• Drug Combo in Pridgen Antiviral Fibromyalgia Trial Identified – Some Results Available
• Pridgen Talks! About the Results of the His Antiviral Fibromyalgia Study
• The Pridgen Revolution? Dr. Pridgen on Bringing His Antiviral Approach to Fibromyalgia To Market
• Dr. Pridgen on Doses, Fixing Broken Bodies and Why the Next Fibromyalgia Trials Will Be Better
• Through the "Valley of Death": Dr. Pridgen, Fibromyalgia and the Looming Trials

Recovery Story

• Twenty-Six Years of Hell: An ME/CFS/FM Recovery Story

Studies

• A famciclovir + celecoxib combination treatment is safe and efficacious in the treatment of fibromyalgia - results from Phase II study.

Pridgen's Startup

• Innovative Med Concepts