Note: It’s been a slow week for fibromyalgia and Lyme news, so you’ll notice #4 and #5 are older articles. I had saved both articles for my weekly news posts when they published, but just never got around to sharing them … until now!
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Pain News Network: Study of fibromyalgia drug continues despite disappointing results
From the article: “[CEO Seth] Lederman said the company would continue its phase 3 trial with the patients who are already enrolled and report the results in the fourth quarter of 2021. It will then determine its next steps.”
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OutbreakNewsToday.com: Lyme disease linked to psychiatric disorders
From the article: “This study found that with a single diagnosis of Lyme disease, there is a 24% increased risk of any mental disorder, including depression. With two or more episodes of Lyme disease, that risk increases to 79%.”
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PainfullyLiving.com: HRV and fibromyalgia | What’s your heart rate variability?
My friend and colleague Katie Clark gives us a deep dive into heart rate variability (HRV) – what it is and how we can use it to improve our fibromyalgia symptoms. Her post includes an interview with a physician who specializes in HRV and its relationship with chronic pain.
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RawlsMD.com: How to ease chronic myofascial pain
From the article: “…there’s one part of the body that typically goes ignored that may hold a critical piece of the puzzle to providing pain relief – or at a minimum, relieve some of its unceasing nature. Called the fascia, it’s an intricate web of tissue that extends throughout your body from head to toe. Here, we’ll take a closer look at this expansive connective tissue, how it contributes to discomfort and solutions for working with your fascia to lessen aches and pains.”
Note: Fellow fibromyalgia warrior Andrea Wool has created an exercise program, which focuses on the fascia, for those of us with fibromyalgia and similar illnesses.
Learn more about Andrea’s Autoimmune Strong program here!
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LymeDisease.org: How stomach massage for gastroparesis can get things moving again
From the article: “For years, I had lots of daily stomach pain, nausea, reflux, and eventually I developed food allergies with mast cell activation syndrome too. … On top of all of that, at my worst I developed gastroparesis. With this condition, the stomach cannot empty itself of food in a normal fashion. … In my case, the only things that ‘got things moving’ were getting a saline IV, using glycerin suppositories, and doing this truly lifesaving stomach massage.”
Last week on FedUpWithFatigue.com…
Clinical trial sites for potential antiviral/anti-inflammatory fibromyalgia drug (aka IMC-1)
Attention kratom users…
FDA seeking public comments on kratom
From the article: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking public comments on the medical use and abuse of kratom. In a notice published … in the Federal Register, the FDA said the comments will be reviewed as it prepares a response to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is considering whether to place international restrictions on kratom and six other psychoactive substances.”
Comments are due by Aug. 9 and can be submitted here.
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I’m Donna, a longtime newspaper reporter, health writer and chronic illness thriver! Fed Up with Fatigue provides weekly news, research, treatments and more to help you live better with fibromyalgia and/or Lyme.
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