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Trying to Stay Awake (Bee's eclectic life)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:14:17 GMT

It’s day 3 of a moderate fibromyalgia flare-up. It seems to be tied in to the humid, rainy weather we’ve been having, but that could just be a coincidence. All I know is that right this very second, if I could go back to bed and sleep without the pain, I would be overjoyed. It all [...]

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Weekly Posts from IC Disease - 6/29/08 (Fighting Fatigue)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:00:41 GMT

I can’t honestly remember a time in my life when I didn’t have to go to the bathroom much more than everyone else I knew. As a teenager, it was actually a running joke with a close friend of mine that I owed her family cases of toilet paper. I lived about five minutes away [...]

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Weekly Posts from Chronic Health Blog - 6/30/08 (Fighting Fatigue)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:30:52 GMT

Alcoholics and addicts learn during their recovery the importance of avoiding situations that can trigger cravings. While this sounds easy to do, many alcoholics and addicts find that it’s easier said than done. Old habits and lifestyles are hard to break and it takes more than just words to get it done. Manic Monday: Virtual Therapy [...]

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Guest Blogger Post: Getting Diagnosed Is An Uphill Battle (Fighting Fatigue)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:25 GMT

Please welcome guest blogger, Samantha Grace, to Fighting Fatigue. You can read her bio below the post. Getting diagnosed is like buying a lottery ticket hoping to pay off your mortgage when on welfare. You need to do it, but it’s not a matter of skill, but of pure luck. And when you have bad luck, [...]

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Lyme Disease Video (Fighting Fatigue)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:30:56 GMT

This is a great video I found on Lyme Disease. It is very informative and definitely portrays the seriousness of the illness.

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NIH Depression Drug Trial Now Recruiting (Fighting Fatigue)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:16 GMT

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is now recruiting male and female patients ages 18 to 75 with chronic and/or recurrent major depression, for a trial titled Combining Medications to Enhance Depression Outcomes (CO-MED). (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00590863) The Phase IV interventional trial, which will be conducted at 15 clinics in 13 states across the U.S., [...]

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Support group for condition sufferers (Cornish Guardian)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:29:00 GMT

Sufferers of fibromyalgia are invited to a new support group which will meet at the Mills Hall, Carharrack on August 4.

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Weight Gain & Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS (Fighting Fatigue)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:21 GMT

One of my own personal biggest issues with Fibromyalgia has been the weight gain and my body’s resistance to lose it. When I am having a severe flare of ME/CFS where I am bedridden for weeks or months, I will usually lose about 20 - 25 pounds. But once the flare is over and I [...]

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Voluntary Recall of Morphine Sulfate 60mg Issued by Ethex Corp. (Fighting Fatigue)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:30:24 GMT

Ethex Corporation notified healthcare professionals of a voluntary recall of a single lot of morphine sulfate 60 mg extended release tablets (Lot No. 91762) due to a report of a tablet with twice the appropriate thickness. Oversized tablets may contain as much as two times the labeled level of active morphine sulfate. The lot was [...]

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ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia - Are They the Same, Related, or Different? (Fighting Fatigue)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:00:31 GMT

I read a great article on ImmuneSupport.com by Karen Lee Richards, an expert patient who writes for HealthCentral’s ChronicPainConnection on ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia. Karen is also one of the co-founders of the National Fibromyalgia Association. It has been debated for years by doctors whether or not ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia are one & the same, closely related [...]

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The medicine cabinet: Treating fibromyalgia (New York Newsday)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:41:05 GMT

What is the best and safest painkiller I can use long term for fibromyalgia? I suffer from severe headaches, muscle and joint pain, as well as back pain.

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Drug Approved For Range Of Ailments (Health - The Post Chronicle)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:25:43 GMT

Among other things, the medication has gained U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture approval for anxiety, depression, nerve pain and fibromyalgia......

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Investing In New Indications Or New Compounds (Pharmalot)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:03:43 GMT

Take a close look at the many uses for Lilly’s Cymbalta and you could be excused for thinking the drug is a magic pill - the med is approved for treating depression, anxiety and fibromyalgia. In Europe, Cymbalta is taken for treating stress urinary incontinence. Lilly has asked the FDA to approve Cymbalta for chronic [...]

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Another Update On My Sleep Issues (Fighting Fatigue)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:51 GMT

I posted a couple of weeks ago here and here about my terrible bout with insomnia. After those two nights without sleeping, I did finally sleep the next night all night. But then the night after that (which would have been Thursday night), I only slept about three hours. We were leaving that Friday to [...]

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Okay! So I’ve been lazy . . . (Bee's eclectic life)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:31:57 GMT

I haven’t been writing as often as I would have liked to and I could give you plenty of excuses why that’s so. I could blame my fibromyalgia, which has been flaring up. That would be partly true. I have had to take a bit more medication the last week or so to keep the aching at [...]

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I needs a hug... (Prophecy Fellowship Forums)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:27:24 GMT

It's been storming here on and off for days. It's hot and humid. I don't mind storms, like them actually, but they cause me so much pain. My doctor told me that when the barometric pressure changes, I would know it. He was right about that! I have fibromyalgia, degenerative disk disease in my...

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Is Pfizer exploiting battered women? (Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:20:00 GMT

To sell pills for fibromyalgia? "What I saw were disturbing images reminiscent of battered woman syndrome. The whole thing smacked of desperation on Pfizer's part to sell more drugs and represents DTC advertising sinking to a new low in exploiting women's fears!"

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Why Los Angeles Makes People Sick. Literally. (Journeys with Jood)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:46:00 GMT

Why does basic health care cost so much? This question plagues me, and countless others in the USA. Over the last three years, the cost of medication and tests that I have undergone has put me on the edge of bankruptcy. So, yes, I have fibromyalgia - and there is fuck-all I can do about it - but it's all the rest of what I've undergone that is wiping me out. And that's when I read this tidbit:...

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Weekly Posts from IC Disease - 6/23/08 (Fighting Fatigue)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:33:13 GMT

Thanks so much to everyone who participated in my first blog carnival here on the IC Disease Blog! I am excited that I received so many entries. This month I didn’t have a theme set up for the carnival. The only thing I requested was that the posts be health-related. Welcome to the First IC Disease [...]

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Seven Helpful Tips For Dealing With The Pain Of Fibromyalgia (Medical News Today)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT

According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly 10 million Americans suffer from fibromyalgia. Sadly, many go through months and years of pain, frustration and confusion before receiving treatment because there is no diagnostic for this chronic illness.

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