There is alot of controversy still about Fibro. The new approval of Lyrica for it, has brought a new crop of argument over it.
Some doctors do not believe it exists, and others do.
And diagnostic criteria have changed. Trigger point analysis is not accepted anymore by the more advanced researchers.
I listened to Dr. Clauw at that seminar. If you google him you will see he is very active in Fibro research.
What I saw in my business was alot of women given heavy duty opiates and amphetamines to offset that, and then antidepressants in high dose and more and more... Dr. Clauw does not believe opiates should be used for Fibro.
So general doctors and/or rheumy's may not treat Fibro properly or even understand it. Controversy swirls everywhere around this subject still.
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