Inexpensive Drug Appears To Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain

ScienceDaily ^ | Apr. 21, 2009 | Staff Writers

[tricky_k_1972]

... "I felt overall pain to the point that even when my children or husband just touched me it hurt."...

..."I am really, really good," Campbell said. "Having said that, I'm still not 100 percent. I'm still not that person I was before."

Campbell was one of 10 women with fibromyalgia to take part in a small pilot study at Stanford over a 14-week period to test the new use of a low dose of a drug called naltrexone for the treatment of chronic pain.

..."Even after the study, it just got better and better and better," Campbell said. "I think my improvement was about 40 percent during the study."...

[tricky_k_1972]

My Mother has Fibro and I didn't see this posted. Hope this helps someone. There is also a new FDA aproved drug that has shown some promise, sometimes within a week: Lyrica.

[lilylangtree]

Good posting. I know several people who suffer from fibromyalgia. They’ll be interested in reading this.

[cajungirl]

Interesting,,google the drug, used in alcohol and opiate addiction.

[Vaquero]

I googled it and it is an interesting read for fibromyalgia and more (as I don’t have fibro...)....

I have to email my neurologist....sounds interesting.

[raybbr]

ping

[neverdem]

thanks, bfl

[KYGrandma]

I started Lyrica about six months ago, and it has changed my life. Even family and friends tell me they can see the change. I still have normal aches and pains, but not the debilitaing kind.

[neverdem]

Fibromyalgia Symptoms Are Reduced by Low-Dose Naltrexone: A Pilot Study.

[tricky_k_1972]

Thank you for letting me know about your experience with Lyrica, I printed out your comment for my mother, I’m pretty sure she is not on the drug, as far as I know she only takes pain killers and a sleep aid. I hope I can get her to try one or both of these drugs.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Lyrica made my head really swim at first but once my body got used to it, I found it really worked well. No longer taking it but would recommend it for all-over chronic pain relief.

[mcshot]

I’m going to look into it as well. I did read somewhere that it causes weight gain which I don’t need.