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Our Organization and an Overview of Fibromyalgia

~ What is Fibromyalgia?
~ Fibromyalgia Treatment

~ Cognitive Trouble. aka "Fibro Fog"
~ Fibromyalgia Information
~ Trigger Points vs. Tender Points
~ Living with Fibromyalgia
~ Fibromyalgia - Amplified Pain
~ The Emotional Side of Chronic Pain
~ Fibromyalgia; Current Treatments
~ Myth Busters - The Fibro Way!
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Fibro friendly Recipes
~ Fibro Pt. Treated Like Mental Case!

Doctors, Support Groups, Newsletters

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Find a Doctor
~ Fibrom-L. Online Support Group
~ Online Support Groups
~ Local Support Groups
~ Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Trans Support

~ Social Security Disability Newsletter

~ The Art of Coping With Change

Overlapping Conditions

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Chronic myofascial Pain
~ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
~ Sjogren's Syndrome 
~ Irritable Bowel Syndrome
~ Pain Research
~ Headaches
~ Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Medication

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Medication Facts
~ Medication Options
~ Free & Low Cost Medication
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FDA Approves Cymbalta
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Drug & Supplement Interaction

Disability and Career

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Filing for Disability
~ 7 Habits for Power in the Workplace
~ Evaluation Form for Disability Claims
~ Workplace accommodations
~ Home Employment Opportunities

Useful Forms/Publications

~ Symptom Journal
~ Medical Evaluation Form - Disability
~ Headache Journal
~ IBS Journal
~ Energy Journal
~ Letter to a Spouse/Partner
~ Open Letter To Normal's
~ Letter From Freda.

Specialty Information

~ Newsletter Archives
~ Alternative Therapies/Treatments
~ Children and Young Adults
~ Chronic Behavioral Therapy. Is it ok?
~ Exercise and Chronic Illness
~ Intimacy and Fibromyalgia
~ Manage Housework with Chronic Pain

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FDA Delays Opioid REMS Decision

This past June I wrote a SharePost entitled, URGENT: FDA May Remove or Limit Access to Opioid Pain Medications.  In it I told you about “Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies” the FDA was developing in an attempt curb the misuse and abuse of opioid pain medications.  At that time, the FDA was asking the public to comment on the REMS under consideration, but the final date they would accept comments was June 30, 2009.Reportedly the FDA received more than 1,250 comments from individuals and groups.  I know many of you wrote, as did I.  Apparently our concerns made an impression because now the FDA has reopened and extended the comment period to October 19, 2010 “in light of continued public interes...

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FDA Delays Opioid REMS Decision


FMS Community Guide to Surviving the Holidays

* Surviving the Holidays pt 2 (Originally published in The FM Community Newsletter #117 from November 2008)
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* Fibro Friendly Gifts More
* Gifts for Chronic Pain Sufferers More
* Re-gifting Saves Energy & the Planet
  
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* Fibro Friendly Resolutions

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Fibromyalgia Can No Longer Be Called The "Invisible" Syndrome

Using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), researchers in France were able to detect functional abnormalities in certain regions in the brains of patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, reinforcing the idea that symptoms of the disorder are related to a dysfunction in those parts of the brain where pain is processed...

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