Chronic physical pain may seem like it should have a physical cause, but a growing body of evidence suggests the link between fibromyalgia and trauma may be both physical and psychological. Fibromyalgia is a chronic and tenderness throughout the body. Fibromyalgia can affect anyone of any age, but you’re more likely to develop it as…
An unlikely, decades-old drug is gaining traction as a promising off-label treatment for fibromyalgia, driven by a handful of studies and a growing number of anecdotal reports. Low-dose a medication originally developed to treat substance use disorders, is said to relieve the chronic pain, fatigue, and brain fog associated with the debilitating condition that afflicts but is…
Fibromyalgia affects between 4 and 10 million and 60 million people suffer from > 3months of pain Opioid, Cannabis, and Alcohol Use Is Particularly Risky Self-Medication in Pain This Is Especially True in FM’s nociplastic pain- brain pathways involved in FM are also involved in addiction New Non-addicting Treatments Like GLP-1s and TENS show promise…
Fibromyalgia symptoms, including pain, can make restful sleep feel out of reach. In fact, 90 percent of people with fibromyalgia experience sleep disturbances, from difficulty dozing off to fragmented sleep. And poor sleep is associated with worsened symptoms. “Sleep is important to restore the body, but also to clear waste in the brain,” says Brian…
Is there anyone here who has been diagnosed with both osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia? Living with these two conditions at the same time can be challenging, especially because some of the symptoms can overlap. Osteoarthritis commonly affects the joints and may cause pain, stiffness, and difficulty with movement, while fibromyalgia can involve widespread pain, tenderness, fatigue,…
In a milestone moment for chronic pain management, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced on August 15, 2025, that its novel sublingual therapy Tonmya has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – marking the first new drug for Fibromyalgia in more than 15 years. The medication is now commercially available by prescription in U.S….
Balancing RA and Fibromyalgia As much as a quarter of all people with RA also live with fibromyalgia. Columnist Lene Andersen shares how she manages both. By Lene Andersen, MSW It was a kind of pain I had never felt before, even in my then 30+ years of living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This…