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I'm not saying they shouldn't be taken together. According to the doctor who came up with the guaifenesin cure for fibromyalgia, he claimed that in the cases that it didn't work, it was because aspirin blocked its effects, and that aspirin blocks the effects of other medications too.

However, most of us have taken aspirin and guaifenesin for a cold with good results -- at least as a treatment for a cold. My contention is that it would then be highly unlikely that it would nullify that effect for the treatment of fibromyalgia -- and probably a more plausible explanation might be that those particular individuals could not tolerate aspirin well, as a more likely explanation than that it blocked all drugs in everyone.

If one has an intolerance or allergy to something, if he were to take it, it would override a medication until he stopped that exposure. One of the discoveries made over the last several years is that there is a greater intolerance to aspirin than had been thought initially when it was believed that nobody could possibly be allergic (intolerant) to aspirin. They used to say the same thing about milk -- as a perfect food for everyone.

That's what makes the guaifenesin cure as advocated by Dr. St. Amand problemmatical and more daunting for those considering it. The guaifenesin part is fairly straightforward and uncomplicated. But then he goes into a very tortuous explanation of why it might not work in some people -- rather than realizing that there's no cure that works for everybody unfailingly.

But if it works for you, that's all you need to know. If it doesn't, you have to continue your search.