Fibromyalgia News

WASHINGTON — Patients who use medication or surgery to achieve at least 5% weight loss demonstrate greater improvements in patient-reported outcomes across various rheumatic diseases, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

WASHINGTON — Approximately 20% of patients meeting the 2016 fibromyalgia criteria report post-exertional malaise, which itself may be key to understanding both long COVID and fatigue in patients with rheumatic diseases, according to data.

Despite a lack of “gold standard” evidence surrounding cannabis use for musculoskeletal pain, rheumatologists must not turn a blind eye to how such products are used by their patients in the real world, according to researchers.

The FDA has granted fast track designation to a sublingual tablet form of the muscle relaxant cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride for the management of fibromyalgia, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

Rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia are among the most common comorbidities identified in patients following a diagnosis of osteoarthritis, according to data presented at the EULAR 2024 Congress.

Among adults with arthritis, severe joint pain is significantly more prevalent in Black, Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native patients vs. white patients, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

A blood sample analysis using Raman spectroscopy, combined with statistical modeling, was sufficient to diagnose fibromyalgia, according to data published in Biomedicines.

The common consensus for some time has been that the prevalence of autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases has been on the rise.

A recent NIH study of post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome suggests that the condition is a “distinct entity,” with somatic and cognitive issues that are centrally mediated.