Fibromyalgia: Overview of New Research

Medscape.com is a traditional-medicine oriented, carefully-edited site offering mandated continuing medical education to docs, nurses and such (as well as material presented more simply for civilians).

I've lived with fibromyalgia for almost 3 decades, and observed with varying dismay and amusement as it's been dismissed and then, reluctantly "accepted" by mainstream medicine.

Medscape has recently posted a continuing medical education program -- pitched at practioners -- that summarizes the latest research on fibromyalgia. For those of us who've been struggling with chronic pain, the biochemical details may actually be comprehensible, and it's definitely worth a careful read. It includes an overview of pharmacological treatments, dividing drugs into those with strong, moderate, weak and no benefit.

Fibromyalgia: Defining the Disorder and its Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches

I'm not endorsing the article, but knowledge is power, and it might prove helpful for a doc who needs support in treating you seriously.

( Many things were new to me... )