Fibromyalgia
To understand long COVID’s pathogenesis, consider fibromyalgia
The current understanding of long COVID’s pathogenesis may be better served by looking to other diseases and syndromes, particularly fibromyalgia, according to a speaker at the 2023 Biologic Therapies Summit.
Cyclobenzaprine reduces pain, improves sleep quality in patients with fibromyalgia
Patients with fibromyalgia who receive a sublingual tablet form cyclobenzaprine experience reduced daily pain, and improved sleep quality, compared with those who received placebo, according to a press release from the drug’s manufacturer.
Fibromyalgia-related pain may exacerbate opioid addiction
People with opioid use disorder who also had fibromyalgia were more likely to have pain-related exacerbation of their addiction compared with people who had chronic pain without fibromyalgia, findings published in Pain showed.
Fibromyalgia increases odds of worsening pain-related opioid use disorder
Patients with fibromyalgia were at greater risk for pain-related exacerbations of opioid use disorder, according to a study published in Pain.
Successful harvest of psilocybin mushrooms yields novel psychedelic molecules
Sintalica Bioscience Corp. announced it has cultivated, harvested and processed its first batch of psilocybin mushrooms and has synthesized psychedelic molecules with enhanced anti-inflammatory properties and no hallucinogenic effects.
Pain distribution less indicative of impairment than other factors in juvenile fibromyalgia
In patients with juvenile fibromyalgia, pain distribution throughout the body may be less important for clinical outcomes and impairment than other factors, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.
More than 80% of patients with fibromyalgia share cervical spine abnormality
Approximately 83% of patients with fibromyalgia demonstrate visually straight cervical spines, according to data published in the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.
Increased length of stay, opioid use seen after THA in patients with fibromyalgia
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Postoperative total hip arthroplasty care in patients with fibromyalgia can be complicated and involve a significantly increased length of stay, results presented here showed.
‘Never meant to be elementary’: Why rheumatologists should avoid diagnoses of exclusion
Although the phrase “diagnosis of exclusion” may conjure images of Sherlock Holmes solving mysteries through deductive reasoning, the practice of arriving at a diagnosis by excluding others should be avoided, a group of experts wrote.
FDA clears laser therapy to treat fibromyalgia pain
The FDA has granted clearance to Multi Radiance Medical’s FibroLux therapy laser for the treatment of pain in patients with fibromyalgia, according to a company press release.