The prevalences of both chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain were higher among women; older adults; adults who were previously, but not currently, employed; adults living in poverty; those with public health insurance; and rural residents.
The investigators hope that the BCG vaccine can increase anti-inflammatory cytokines, which are deficient in patients with fibromyalgia.
Mirtazapine is a central alpha-2 antagonist currently FDA-approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder.
Improvement in fibromyalgia impact questionnaire scores was greater for combined tai chi groups
The study included 110,184 adults (mean age: 76 years) newly started on gabapentin therapy in Ontario, Canada.
A new blood test called IsolateFibromyalgia, which uses RNA data to identify fibromyalgia, has been released by IQuity. The Company said that in a study of almost 600 samples from patients who had various medical conditions, IsolateFibromyalgia demonstrated over 90% accuracy. IsolateFibromyalgia uses a proprietary technology which utilizes machine-learning algorithms to compare the RNA profile…
A total of 3,685 trigeminal neuralgia patients were included for analysis.
In patients with anxiety and depression, low-strength evidence of a possible modest benefit was seen in 4 trials conducted more than 40 years ago and in one recent trial compared with sham treatments.
A total of 123 obese individuals underwent a 12- to 16-week weight loss intervention with calorie restriction.
“These results suggest that two tests, taking less than one minute, can indicate a probable diagnosis of FM,” write the authors.
