Last week, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made it official: Lyrica, the trade name of the Pfizer drug pregabalin, was... Read more »
Today the FDA announced that Lyrica (pregabalin) has been approved for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Lyrica, manufactured by Pfizer, is... Read more »
New research, funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (one of the National Institutes of... Read more »
Last Friday, members of the FDA's Arthritis Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee overwhelmingly... Read more »
Today the FDA announced that Lyrica (pregabalin) has been approved for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Lyrica, manufactured by Pfizer, is... Read more »
According to a new study, people who have the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia are 11 times more likely to have restless legs syndrome (RLS) than... Read more »
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Fibromyositis; Fibrositis Treatment The goal of treatment is to help relieve pain and other symptoms, and to help a person cope with the... Read more »
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Article updated and reviewed by Ariel D. Teitel, MD, MBA, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Manhattan on May 16,... Read more »
Researchers have found that low doses of an inexpensive drug called naltrexone--already used for years to treat drug addiction--helped reduce pain... Read more »
Since there is no known cure for fibromyalgia (FM), treatment efforts are directed at relieving symptoms and improving quality of life. A... Read more »