Last week, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made it official: Lyrica, the trade name of the Pfizer drug pregabalin, was approved as a treatment for fibromyalgia. This is the first drug to be specifically approved for the treatment of fibromyalgia, this based on the findings that it reduced pain and improved the ability to perform the activities of daily living in a significant number of patients suffering from this chronic pain syndrome.
However, an FDA official...
Since today, May 12, is Fibromyalgia & ME/CFS Awareness Day, I thought it would be a good time for looking back to see how far we've... Read more »
Fibromyalgia awareness has come a long way. Thanks in large part to Pfizer's Lyrica commercials, anyone who watches TV now has at least a... Read more »
Neuronal stabilizing agents, aka anticonvulsants or antiepileptic drugs, are among the most prescribed medications for Migraine and headache... Read more »
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