Pain Relief And Healing Cream Awarded Patent For Pain Associated With...
Topricin Pain Relief and Healing Cream â a leading natural therapeutic topical biomedicine â has been awarded a patent as a treatment of pain associated with fibromyalgia.(PRWeb August 26, 2010)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/08/prweb4432294.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)...
POSTED 08/28/2010 at 02:23 AM --
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Do past pain events systematically impact pain ratings of healthy subjects or fibromyalgia patients? Staud R, Robinson ME, Price DD. J Pain 2010;11(2):142â8. Epub 2009 Sep 26
We previously reported that 3 different electronic visual analogue and numerical pain scales are useful in providing refined capacity to discriminate discrete levels of pain intensity. Using the same subjects and scales, we now investigated whether pain scaling is influenced by past pain events and by recalled memories of these events in the rating of pain. Normal control subjects (NC: 19 male, 30 female) and female fibromyalgia (FM) (n=17) patients received 5-second suprathreshold heat stimuli (45â49 degrees C) to both forearms. The participants rated these experimental heat stimuli using the previously described electronic pain scales. Subsequently, they were asked to report whether they used any prior pain experiences during the process of rating their pain. Out of 49 NC, only 6 femal......
POSTED 08/27/2010 at 02:16 AM --
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Comparison of Medication Adherence and Healthcare Costs between Duloxetine and Pregabalin Initiators among Patients with Fibromyalgia
(Source: Pain Practice)...
POSTED 08/27/2010 at 12:07 AM --
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Fibromyalgia: Top Alternative Treatments
A look at the top alternative treatments for easing fibromyalgia pain, including massage, dietary supplements, and acupuncture. (Source: WebMD Health)...
POSTED 08/24/2010 at 06:36 PM --
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Fibromyalgia and Exercise
Exercise can be one of the most effective treatments for fibromyalgia pain and other symptoms. But how to start? A step-by-step guide to getting motivated and sticking with exercise. (Source: WebMD Health)...
POSTED 08/24/2010 at 05:38 PM --
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Message From the Director: Maybe It's All Placebo?
A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) showed a positive outcome for tai chi in the management of the troubling symptoms of fibromyalgia—a condition with which many patients struggle and for which conventional medicine has little to offer. That is why this study is so provocative—can a CAM modality really affect this condition?Tai chi is one CAM practice that clearly illustrates the challenge of conducting clinical research in CAM. As an accompanying editorial in NEJM notes, it is a complex intervention involving multiple components: exercise, breathing, meditation, relaxation, and a practitioner. How do you control for all of these variables when designing a study? Some CAM proponents will say that it is the combination that makes the intervention work; m......
POSTED 08/24/2010 at 03:16 PM --
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FDA Shoots Down Jazz Pharmaceuticalsâ Fibromyalgia Treatment
Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: JAZZ) lost one of its development-stage drugs today when an FDA panel vetoed JZP-6, which was designed to treat Fibromyalgia, a painful nervous disorder. According to Reuters, one of the main reasons for the denial was the presence of hydroxybutyrate (GHB) which is known colloquially as “the date rape drug.”
The panel voted overwhelmingly against the drug (20-2) with panelists explaining their main reasons were concerns for abuse, as well as a lack of proof that the drug will perform any better than current treatments. The panel was not entirely pessimistic, and suggested Jazz go back to the drawing board on the treatment.
-Michael B. sauter (Source: BioHealth Investor)...
POSTED 08/24/2010 at 11:12 AM --
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals Provides Update On FDA Advisory Committee Meeting For JZP-6 (Sodium Oxybate) In Fibromyalgia
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAZZ) announced that the Joint Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including the Arthritis Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, voted 20-2 that the benefit/risk balance did not support the approval of JZP-6 for the treatment of fibromyalgia with the currently proposed Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy (REMS)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
POSTED 08/24/2010 at 04:00 AM --
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Patients with more severe symptoms benefit the most from an intensive multimodal programme in patients with fibromyalgia.
Conclusions. Total FIQ score on QoL, intensity of pain, morning tiredness and depression can be used as prognostic factors to pre-select patients with FM for a multimodal treatment. IP were not adequate to predict treatment outcome. An intensive multimodal programme seemed most suitable for patients with severe symptoms and limitations.
PMID: 20735273 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)...
POSTED 08/23/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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The Case Grows Against All That Jazz (JAZZ)
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: JAZZ) is having an awful day, and frankly this is a situation that could have been even worse for holders considering the speculative phase that the company is in versus its existing portfolio.
The FDA advisory committee voted against Jazzâs fibromyalgia candidate in a voted tallied at 20-2 against approval. The committee noted that risks outweigh the benefits. The FDA also asked it to review the risk evaluation mitigation strategy.
We wanted to see what else Jazz has. Its Xyrem is on the market to treat excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy and Luvox CR to treat OCDs and social anxiety disorder. Xyrem is currently the major source of the firm’s revenues (about 80% on last count). The company’s pipeline has targets aimed at bipo......
POSTED 08/23/2010 at 02:40 PM --
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FDA Update: Week Of August 23, 2010
According to the Associated Press, the FDA has found that Jazz Pharmaceuticals' sodium oxybate (JZP-6) is effective in patients with the pain disorder fibromyalgia. (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)...
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on FDA Advisory Committee Meeting For JZP-6 (Sodium Oxybate) in Fibromyalgia
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jazz
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the Joint
Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
including the Arthritis Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications)...
POSTED 08/23/2010 at 07:08 AM --
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FDA advisors vote against GHB for fibromyalgia
Source: PharmaTimes
Area: News
According to PharmaTimes, an FDA Joint Advisory Committee has voted against recommending the approval of JZP-6 (gamma hydroxybutyrate; GHB) for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Although the panel believes the drug to be effective, there are concerns over the potential for abuse and accidental overdose. The Committee voted 20-2 that the benefit/risk balance does not support approval. The company is reportedly expecting the FDA to complete its review by October. (Source: NeLM - News)...
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Study Reports Exercise Outcomes For War Vets' Muscle Pain
Since returning home, some 100,000 veterans from the first Gulf War have reported chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) similar to fibromyalgia, and a new study in The Journal of Pain, published by the American Pain Society, shows that acute exercise can exacerbate the pain but long-term exercise has the opposite outcome and reduces it. Researchers from Middleton Memorial Hospital in Madison, Wis. and the University of Wisconsin tested levels of experimental pain sensitivity in Gulf War veterans following acute exercise sessions... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
POSTED 08/22/2010 at 02:00 AM --
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Fibromyalgia Pain Isn't All in Patients' Heads
A new brain study confirms what fibromyalgia patients have told skeptical doctors for years: They're really in pain. In fact, they feel severe pain, and have measurable pain signals in their brains, from a gentle finger squeeze that barely feels unpleasant to others. (Arthritis & Rheumatism, Jun-2002) (Source: About.com Mental Health)...
POSTED 08/21/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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FDA Rejects Jazz Drug as Treatment
An FDA panel rejected a proposed Jazz Pharmaceuticals drug to treat the pain disorder fibromyalgia partly on concerns that the drug could be misused and abused. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)...
POSTED 08/20/2010 at 07:22 PM --
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Health Buzz: To Prevent Diabetes, Eat More Green Leafy Vegetables
Ketamine as an antidepressant; tai chi for fibromyalgia pain relief. (Source: U.S. News - Health)...
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Tai Chi: Best Fibromyalgia Treatment?
Title: Tai Chi: Best Fibromyalgia Treatment?Category: Health NewsCreated: 8/20/2010 8:02:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/20/2010 8:02:28 AM (Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General)...
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Tai Chi: Best Fibromyalgia Treatment?
Title: Tai Chi: Best Fibromyalgia Treatment?Category: Health NewsCreated: 8/20/2010 8:02:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/20/2010 8:02:28 AM (Source: MedicineNet Sleep General)...
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Tai Chi: Best Fibromyalgia Treatment?
Title: Tai Chi: Best Fibromyalgia Treatment?Category: Health NewsCreated: 8/20/2010 8:02:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/20/2010 8:02:28 AM (Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General)...
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