I suspect every chronic pain patient has been asked to rate their pain on a scale of 0 to 10. But if you're anything like me, you've struggled with what you should say. If I say a 6, will the doctor think my pain is not that bad? If I say a 10, will she think I'm exaggerating? I've long wondered what the different numbers... Read more
In June I told you about the FDA developing “Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies” (REMS) to put tighter controls on the use of opioid medications. (See URGENT: FDA May Remove or Limit Access to Opioid Pain Medications) One of the strategies being considered is requiring doctors to have special education and... Read more
Scientists have discovered a potential retroviral link to ME/CFS (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome), a debilitating disease that affects more than a million people in the United States. This is big news for the ME/CFS community. Researchers from the Whittemore Peterson Institute, located at the University of Nevada, Reno, the National... Read more
In the past year or so, there's been a lot of discussion about whether or not vitamin D is useful in relieving chronic pain. I thought that if something as simple and inexpensive as vitamin D could help ease even a fraction of our pain, it was worth checking into. So I looked at multiple research studies and talked to some doctors and... Read more
Every year the question of whether or not you should get a flu shot arises – especially if you have fibromyalgia or ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome). This year, with the swine flu pandemic making news headlines, there are even more questions about the controversial H1N1 vaccine. Below is a video in which Infectious Disease... Read more
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