FAST PACK OPTIONS 1-Year Membership + 6 Back Issues: A $67 value for just $45. 2-Year Membership + 6 Back Issues: A $95 value for just $68. The content of the six back issues in each of the Fast Packs is described below. If you would like to see outlines of each back issue, select "Back Issues" from our catalog.

Most Current Fast Pack
A collection of six back issues of Fibromyalgia Network Journal that provides you with the most current information published in the past year and a half (Issues 84-89). Topics include:

• More than 3,500 Members rank their most effective medications and identify what their doctors are prescribing most often.
• The truth about those painful, knotted areas in your neck and shoulders, and self-help techniques to untie them.
• Are you too tired to do the things you want? Fight your fatigue by taking steps to increase your energy. Learn how you can get up and move again.
• A research team is trying to understand why fibro patients experience magnified pain and fatigue after exercise, and if this measurement can be used as a test for the illness.
• Your inability to sleep soundly can disrupt your metabolism, put on the pounds, and lead to increased health risks. But you can combat that.
• A prominent researcher pulls together data to offer a comprehensive cause and a holistic approach to treating fibromyalgia.

Pain Treatments Fast Pack
A collection of six back issues of Fibromyalgia Network Journal that provides treatment suggestions for various types of pain (Issues 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, and 80). Topics include:

• Burning mouth, new class of pain meds, when to use muscle relaxants
  
• Bladder pain and interstitial cystitis
  
• Treating a faulty pain system: CPAP, medications, exercise, and mental stress
  
• Chronic headaches: Causes, patient input, and expert advice on treatment
  
• Understanding and treating vulvar pain
  
• Opioids for fibromyalgia pain: Study results and strategies to maximize opioid treatment success

Research Fast Pack
A collection of six back issues of Fibromyalgia Network Journal that focuses on new research findings (Issues 62, 69, 73, 74, 80, and 81). Topics include:

• The insula’s role, immune system connection, and new science in treating irritable bowel
  
• All pain medications are designed to target neurons, but another type of cell may be a key pain generator. Breakthrough research identifies new drug targets.
  
• The link between blood pressure and pain
  
• Disturbed sleep and enhanced pain: What is the relationship?
  
• Is fibromyalgia a syndrome or disease? Patients may have it long before they meet the criteria
  
• Influence of climate, gender, and stress on your symptoms

Coping Fast Pack
A collection of six back issues of Fibromyalgia Network Journal that provides you with practical, day-to-day advice to help you cope with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (Issues 60, 61, 64, 69, 73, and 79). Topics include:

• Stay ahead of the panic; coping with flares and managing persistent symptoms
  
• How to respond to bogus treatments and miracle cures advertised in the media
  
• Patient rights explained by experts, plus tips on asserting your rights
  
• Realistic advice on how to overcome health-related losses and suggestions for moving on with life after being diagnosed with fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome
  
• Ideas to improve your self-esteem with specific examples from the experts
  
• Talking to your doctor about additional testing and second medical opinions

Nondrug Therapies Fast Pack
A collection of six back issues of Fibromyalgia Network Journal that focuses on nondrug therapies (Issues 63, 66, 67, 71, 79, and 82). Topics include:

• If you are not eating the right foods, you are probably making yourself sicker. Learn how to identify and eliminate foods that contribute to painful symptoms.
  
• Music therapy, massage, and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for sleep
  
• Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) for fibromyalgia: how it works, study results, cost guidelines, and how to find a qualified provider
  
• Top nondrug therapies based on a survey of both patients and physicians (covered in two issues), along with the research behind each form of therapy
  
• Mechanisms and benefits of acupuncture, aromatherapy, and massage
  
• Methods to promote healing to minimize the impact of surgeries, injuries, and flare-ups

Sleep Fast Pack
A collection of six back issues of Fibromyalgia Network Journal that focuses on helping you get a better night's sleep (Issues 62, 67, 68, 72, 79, and 83). Topics include:

• Poor quality sleep contributes to you pain
  
• Deep level sleep improves memory and meds that may help
  
• Review of the current treatments for sleep, including ways to open the airways, reduce arousals, and enhance deep sleep
  
• Treating chronic nasal congestion and reducing airway resistance to improve your sleep
  
• Airway obstructions that can destroy your sleep and advice on how to remedy them
  
• Seven experts discuss the benefits and potential drawbacks of a recently developed sleep medication that is being tested for people with fibromyalgia

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