Calcium levels, why? What's the hypothesis with the development and maintenance of allodynia, or is it just a shot in the mineral dark room? And...
Having increased my activity levels this week due to political and market instability inducing big stress on a family member. I was able to...
I have had severe FM since 1998. I had been an RN for two decades before that. I quickly became disabled. I reserve the right to state my opinion...
Reduces volume load to heart by increasing glucose removed via kidneys/urine (diuretic effect). Classified as Type II diabetes med....
My congressman reported that the University of California-Davis lost $9million NIH grant money. This stops ongoing medical research there. Just...
Thanks for bringing this up @Kronos. I didn't realize there had more trials with stronger doses. Here's Tonix's report of the trial. From FM...
I found this useful Cleveland Clinic rheumatologist's clinical viewpoint from clicking through your link @hackorbee....
Yes, I think the generalizing hypothesis that central sensitization accounts for some god-like supra-architecture involved in the perpetuation of...
Research proposals concerning systemic inflammation were axed at the NIH, due to the word "systemic" (on the list) because it sounds a bit like...
I've taken trazodone every night for 20 years for FM fragmented sleep problems (sucessfully, mostly). I use the 50mg dose. Many drugs have a...
Too bad each randomized group can't be rotated through all four arms of the trial.
Paul Offit (pediatrician/vaccine advisory board member-ACIP) wrote a substack email delineating RFK2's support of the very antiquated miasma...
From the Introduction: "Chronic psychosocial distress is known to be the only etiological and/or aggravating factor of these conditions (Barke,...
Heavy on the psych in the afternoon schedule. Most speakers are Italian researchers. At least there isn't the Hauser or Woolf contigent that...
I find by Wednesday of each week I need a refuge from what's happening in the US. The situation is here is bizarre and frightening, so reading...
My take on the difference between FM and ME is personal. I was diagnosed with FM and the rheumatologist added a CFS diagnosis to my chart because...
Perhaps a trial with subjects wearing Virtual Reality goggles while doing Tai-Chi, receiving massage, fed chocolate, followed by a hot bath...
Fibromyalgia was termed Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) back decades. Why it's bumped down in the pecking order to functional is beyond me. Another...
This rehash research paper feels like it was written in 2001. The ups and downs of how much FM is considered real varies by the half-decade. The...
I was exposed to the concept in nursing school in 1981 as though it was "the answer" to root causes of ill health. What vexes me is the huge...
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