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Health Encyclopedia: Fibromyalgia Treatment
- Fibromyalgia - Treatment
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- Introduction
- Causes
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- Diagnosis
- Conditions with Similar Symptoms
Treatment
Fibromyalgia is a mysterious condition whose causes are still largely unknown, as is how it inflicts damage. There is no strong evidence that any single treatment (or combination of treatments) has any significant effect for most patients. Treatment must involve not only relieving symptoms but also changing the patients' attitudes about their disease. Treatment should also teach patients behaviors that help them cope.
Treatments usually use a trial and error, many-sided approach:
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Bipolar Disorder: Highlights
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