Forever Hopeful
Are you sure that your cognitive difficulties are caused by the fibro? There may be a reason for why certain classes of medications work better than others to clear up your thinking.

Fibromyalgia - The Mirror Image of Normal?
You have an abnormality in your muscles, but it's easy to overlook. This finding explains why your lower back and hips hurt, and a diagram pinpoints body areas that should be the primary target for treatments.

Is Pain Disrupting Your Sleep?
New study in healthy folks shows that a tiny pain stimulus leads to brain arousals from sleep. Find out how you can minimize sleep disruption and why this will reduce your pain.

In the Blink of an Eye
Remembering the simplest details becomes a challenge with fibro, but new evidences shows why. Your brain's cognitive foundation is altered, but there are strategies to improve this defect in thinking.

Powering Up Your Muscles and Mind
Treatment trials of two over-the-counter therapies show that they can help reduce your muscle pain, fatigue, and your tired brain.

Is the Drug Industry Banking on Your Doctor?
More than $57 billion is spent annually to sway doctors to prescribe more expensive but not necessarily better drugs. A former drug rep talks about the many tactics used to dupe doctors and how patients might intercede.

A New Perspective on an Old Med
An old medication used at low doses has been found to benefit fibromyalgia symptoms. And, at such a low dose, the side effects are almost nil.

Predicting Drug Problems Before they Occur
You want a pain-reliever to work without concerns about problems down the road. Researchers are combining brain imaging and more than 50 blood markers to help predict a patient's response to opioids.

What Happened to the Fibro Meds?
In mid-2008, there were five drugs poised to be FDA-approved for fibromyalgia. Find out why only one made it, and if you cannot sleep, there is an inexpensive drug already on the market.

Disease Markers Found for Fibro
Fibromyalgia may be identified by a blood test that looks for disease markers. The lead researcher describes how his findings explain so many of your symptoms, beyond the pain and fatigue, and how they can aid with treatments.