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the article about Milnacipran?
Here's a snipit:
Total daily dosages of milnacipran 100 mg and 200 mg demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in both pain and other core symptoms associated with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), according to Phase III data presented this week at the 2007 American College of Rheumatology meeting in Boston, MA. The therapeutic effects of milnacipran among responders in a six-month study were sustained for up to one year in a double-blind extension trial.
If you can't find it below, here's the link to the full article:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071108/nyth071.html?.v=101
Here's a snipit:
Total daily dosages of milnacipran 100 mg and 200 mg demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in both pain and other core symptoms associated with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), according to Phase III data presented this week at the 2007 American College of Rheumatology meeting in Boston, MA. The therapeutic effects of milnacipran among responders in a six-month study were sustained for up to one year in a double-blind extension trial.
If you can't find it below, here's the link to the full article:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071108/nyth071.html?.v=101
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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Has anyone tried these supplements? Do they give MGers more quality of life by improving memory and overall well being?Thanks!Barbel
http://www.fibromyalgia-symptoms.org/fibromyalgia_milnacipran.html
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/538358
I got the impression that they have been working on this trial for several years. Is that right?
So do you have any recent info on how the testing in the US is going? Is it Oked by the USDA for use in FM yet?
There's more information in the second link I posted. It might be a bit before it's FDA approved, but from what I've read, it looks promising.
Any news like this is good news because Fibromytes will have more options for pain and symptom control. First Lyrica, then it looks like Cymbalta will be the next one (well, according to my rheumy), etc. etc.
The more that emerge, the more that will follow, then we will have more of a variety of treatment options, or at the very minimum, symptoms control.
Let's all cross our fingers and hope for the best for any of these new drugs to at least help some of our friends here.
I agree. Every little bit of new research and better choices is a new hope for us, and we need all the hope we can get.
I wrote it down and will ask my doctor about it.
Thanks~ Keleee :)