| A year after a supposed synthetically | | | | Commonly, doctors prescribe painkillers to those |
| manufactured remedy for fibromyalgia was | | | | who suffer from fibromyalgia. But they have |
| approved by the Food and Drug Administration, | | | | since found that patients generally do not respond |
| discussions still center on the viability of this drug | | | | to painkillers, and only end up having their |
| to cure the condition. | | | | symptoms recur. |
| Pharmaceutical companies contend that the | | | | Drug companies that claim to have a synthetic |
| fibromyalgia drug can change the brain’s | | | | remedy for fibromyalgia work on the precept |
| perception of pain for this particular condition and | | | | that pain from this condition is being caused by |
| help neutralize it, very much like the way | | | | abnormalities within the central nervous system. |
| fluoxetine and other anti-depressants work to | | | | Instead of curing the symptoms, the drug sets |
| cure depression. But patient advocacy groups | | | | off a chemical reaction in the body to correct its |
| argue that the medicine only worsens the | | | | awareness of pain. However, patient advocacy |
| condition and allows the patients to be fixated | | | | groups and physicians say that the drug may also |
| over body aches that most people just put up | | | | result in severe weight gain, edema and dizziness. |
| with. | | | | Over time, patients also develop an unhealthy |
| Fibromyalgia, a condition that primarily affects | | | | dependence on different painkillers and sleep |
| women in their 30s and older, has been known to | | | | medicines. |
| trigger widespread body pains and painful | | | | In the end, these advocacy groups suggest that |
| responses to mental and emotional pressure. | | | | nothing cures fibromyalgia better and safer than a |
| Many afflicted patients also suffer from chronic | | | | regimen of exercise, diet, nutritional supplements, |
| fatigue and irritable bowel syndrome. | | | | and body cleansing therapies. A natural, all-organic |
| A typical case of fibromyalgia causes extensive | | | | remedy for fibromyalgia also acts as the key to |
| muscle and joint pains of unknown origins. | | | | cure people of this condition once and for all. |