• Placebos ... Don’t be misled!
- How doctors and other factors contribute to the placebo response
- Advice on judging a new therapy objectively
• How benzodiazepines help fibromyalgia (FMS) — Xanax (alprazolam)
• Possible explanation for intense migraines
• Brain imaging evaluates effects of Elavil (Amitriptyline)
• Why symptom flare-ups are easy to trigger
• How long does it take for a new medication to work?
- Q&A with pain specialist Alan Spanos, M.D.
- Painkillers, such as opioids, Neurontin (gabapentin) and NSAIDs
- Sleep medications (includes Ambien, benzodiazepines, Unisom, etc.)
- Alerting medications including Provigil (modafinil) and Wellbutrin (bupropion)
• Nondrug Therapies: Patient and doctor survey results (part 2)
- Read about the top six patient-endorsed therapies (922 responses)
- Published research findings on each therapy
- Effectiveness, cost, and convenience of each therapy
- Do doctors and patients always agree?
- Advice on incorporating nondrug therapies into your daily routine
• Drug Update
- How to avoid painful side effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs
- The right to accept or reject generic medication substitutions
• Occupational Therapy (OT)
- What an OT can do for you
- Approaching your doctor for a referral
- Important questions to ask before starting therapy
• Sleep disorders in fibromyalgia syndrome
- Structural defects and medical conditions that may interfere with breathing
- Identifying Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS) in FMS patients
- How treating UARS impacts the key symptoms of FMS
- Why haven’t you been tested for UARS?
- Sleep apnea prevalent in men with FMS
- Similarities and differences between apnea and UARS
- UARS and apnea found to begin early in life

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