Fibromyalgia News

Lyrica improved pain in patients with fibromyalgia who received antidepressants for comorbid depression, according to results of a recently published study.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Complex regional pain syndrome can be challenging to diagnose properly, but its main features are sensory, motor, sudomotor and motor/trophic disturbances, according to Jennifer A. Sweet, MD, who presented at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

Results from a time-trend analysis and cross-sectional examination indicate a significant amount of unapproved fixed-dose combinations of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, anti-depressants and anti-psychotics were marketed in India.

CreakyJoints, the online, non-profit community for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, has announced the launch of Arthritis Power, a patient-led, patient-centered research registry in collaboration with the University of Alabama and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

Patients with fibromyalgia experienced similar increases in sleepiness as those with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controls when sleep time was reduced to 4 hours. Patients additionally experienced recovery in night sleep efficiency, suggesting the functionality of homeostatic sleep patterns in these patients, according to recent study findings.

Of patients with fibromyalgia, about one-fourth reported a precipitating event such as an infection or a physical or emotional trauma, according to recently published study findings.

Patients with high pain scores on fibromyalgia surveys had poorer outcomes after total hip or knee arthroplasty, according to researchers from the University of Michigan Health System.

The inappropriate use of NSAIDs, defined by the Italian Agency of Medicines as use for 21 days or more, for chronic pain associated with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions may be prevalent in European patients, according to recently published research.

Women with fibromyalgia had a thinner average stromal nerve thickness and decreased corneal sub-basal plexus nerve density per square millimeter compared with healthy control participants, and corneal confocal microscopy could be a useful marker for patients with fibromyalgia, according to the results of a recently published research.

The NIH is soliciting input from physicians, researchers, foundations, patients, caregivers, members of the pharmaceutical industry and others to give feedback on its draft National Pain Strategy, according to a press release.