Category: Fibromyalgia

Patients with fibromyalgia were found to have an impaired ability to activate the hypothalamic pituitary portion of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis as well as the sympathic-adrenal

Many fibromyalgic patients have sleep disorders. Researchers found that when subjects attempted to enter deep sleep, higher-frequency alpha wave activity intruded, disrupting the normal and

Some gynecologists prescribe Guaifenesin to women having difficulties getting pregnant for its propriety to thin as well the cervical secretion of the uterus, helping the

The Basal Metabolic rate became the fad in the 30s and 40s and almost every office had a machine to measure it. It was quite

I do not say, at the risk of having all rheumatologists against me, that antidepressants are not useful in FMS. They have their place in

Thesis entitled: “The contribution of computerized tomography (CT) to explore the cervical spine”, under the direction of Dr. Yves Chaouat (head of the rheumatology department)

The upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) is often misdiagnosed as FMS or CFS. It has a similar pathophysiology as obstructive sleep apnea. UARS is a

The serological specificity of the presence of an active infection in these conditions is that the standard way of diagnosis of acute infections – an

E. Legangneux and JJ Mora, in 1999, using a different method of investigation (Cerebrospinal fluid biogenic amine metabolites, plasma-rich platelet serotonin and imipramine reuptake in

– Methotrexate was initially used to treat malignancy. Many years later it was discovered to treat, at a much lower dose, several types of arthritic