Category Archives: Pain

Five Things to Know About Fibromyalgia

Five Things You Should Know About Fibromyalgia by Amanda Rinkel May 5th, 2009 International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia Awareness Day is next week on May 12th. I’m going to take a break from articles on internet wastes of time, movie reviews and news updates. Instead I’m going to take a moment to highlight these ...

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Good Day

Today was a good day, physically speaking. Today was the Lacrosse Day of Champions for my step son's Lacrosse League. Rob coaches 2 teams & is the House League Director. My day started very early, so last night I was in bed before 9:30 - unheard of when I'm not crashed out. ...

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It’s not real.. Not for me apparently. :(

What would you do? How would you react? If you got told by the person that has been your primary support person for the last 3 + years.. That he/she doesn't believe you're sick? Doesn't believe you're really *that* tired? Doesn't believe you're in *that* much pain? And thinks it's all ...

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Sodium Oxybate Improves FMS Core Symptoms??

Data Suggests Sodium Oxybate Significantly Improves Pain and the Core Symptoms of Fibromyalgia 06/15/2009 PALO ALTO, Calif., June 15, 2009 -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals' (Nasdaq: JAZZ) sodium oxybate (JZP-6) demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in pain and the core symptoms associated with fibromyalgia, according to Phase III data presented last week at the 2009 ...

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Study of Sodium Oxybate in Patients With FMS

Jazz Pharmaceuticals to Present Data From First Phase III Study of Sodium Oxybate in Patients With Fibromyalgia 06/09/2009 PALO ALTO, Calif., June 9 -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAZZ) announced today that data from the company's first Phase III clinical trial of sodium oxybate (JZP-6) for the treatment of fibromyalgia will be presented this ...

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Mtl Pain Researcher Joins Medical Hall of Fame

Montreal Pain Researcher Joins Canadian Medical Hall of Fame By Martin C. Barry June 2009 Dr. Ronald Melzack’s interest in studying pain started off as a scientific problem, much like studying vision or hearing. “It was just plain curiosity about pain,” he said about his recent induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. It wasn’t until ...

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Adjust Your Anger Management Style

Adjust Your Anger Management Style—Reduce Your Pain By Dr. John Fry Researchers published some very interesting findings this April in the European Journal of Pain regarding how much pain you feel when you’re dealing with angry feelings. The authors conclude: “Our study suggests that anger and a general tendency to inhibit anger predicts heightened pain in the ...

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