Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia pain successfully reduced with IV Ketamine treatment
Doctors at the Florida Spine Institute now provide IV Ketamine treatment to fibromyalgia patients who have found that other treatments failed.
Dr Ashraf Hanna, of the institute, explained how the treatment worked on a recent broadcast of CBS News in the US. The news programme featured a patient who said their life had been drastically affected because of constant, debilitating pain. Continue reading
Fibromyalgia: the UK’s most searched illness in 2015
Fibromyalgia was the surprise top trending condition that people in the UK Googled before calling a GP in 2015, according to a study carried out by Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline.
Typed on average 165,000 times a month in the UK during 2015, fibromyalgia is a long- term condition that causes pain all over the body and many people are unaware they have it as it is difficult to diagnose. More common in women than men, symptoms include pain and tenderness often with severe tiredness and problems with sleep. The NHS estimates that up to one in 20 of us may have the condition to some degree. Continue reading
World’s first ibuprofen patch delivers pain relief directly through skin
An ibuprofen patch that delivers the drug directly through skin to exactly where it is needed at a consistent dose rate, has been invented in the UK. A team from the University of Warwick found a way to incorporate significant amounts of ibuprofen (up to 30% weight) into the polymer matrix that sticks the patch to the patient’s skin with the drug then being delivered at a steady rate over up to 12 hours. Continue reading
Chili pepper patch may work better than a common fibromyalgia medication
A skin patch that contains a substance found in chili peppers seems to works better than pregabalin in treating people with neuropathic pain, according to the results of a new study published in the European Journal of Pain. Continue reading
Central nervous processing is altered in people with fibromyalgia – results from brain scan study
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterised by widespread pain, sleep problems and cognitive impairment. It is currently unclear how or why it develops and there is no cure. Continue reading
