Well, it seems that there is even less credence with the XMRV-CFS study by researchers from the Whittemore Peterson Institute, the National Cancer Institute and the Cleveland Clinic. With the strong possibility that the initial results were as a result of contaminations, there have been may studies published since the initial report, None have been…
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Dubious Connections? Part 3: XMRV-CFS Series
Dubious Connections? XMRV, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Series A British study reported no XMRV virus infection in the 168 people studied. The study by German scientists yielded similar results. A third European research team was unable to find any evidence of XMRV in the blood of people diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and their healthy peers….
How are they linked? Part 2: XMRV-CFS Series
How are XMRV & CFS linked? XMRV, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Series Researchers from the Whittemore Peterson Institute, the National Cancer Institute and the Cleveland Clinic, have recently discovered the presence of a retrovirus in blood samples from patients diagnosed with chronic CFS/ME. The human retrovirus, identified as XMRV, has now been found to be in…
What is XMRV? Part 1: XMRV-CFS Series
What is XMRV? XMRV, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Series XMRV stands for Xenotropic Murine leukemia virus-Related Virus. Basically it is human retrovirus similar to HIV and HTLV-1 and is a sibling virus to a virus that causes a type of leukemia in mice. Xenotropic means a foreign growth (xeno=foreign, tropic=growth). A virus that typically infects a…
Possible New Fibromyalgia Drug & Odds of FDA Approval
Original Published by Adrienne Dellwo on August 6, 2010 In just 2 weeks, an FDA panel will review the New Drug Application (NDA) for the next possible fibromyalgia drug, sodium oxybate, and make a recommendation to the FDA either for or against approval. This drug has a couple of things going for it. it’s fared…
The Common Threads of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Originally Published by Misty Roberts, : July 19, 2010 Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) are both illnesses characterized by extreme amounts of fatigue. In fact, the conditions seem to be so intertwined that the medical community continues to debate whether fibromyalgia fatigue is simply a different expression of the same disorder…
XMRV linked to CFS
Retrovirus Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Could Aid in Diagnosis By Katherine Harmon October 8, 2009 Recently implicated in some severe prostate cancer patients, the retrovirus XMRV has now been found in many with chronic fatigue – – changing the landscape for diagnosis and possible treatment OVERTAKING CHRONIC FATIGUE: An electron micrograph shows the XMRV…
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…
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 week…
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…
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