Sunday, December 4, 2011

What is needed is a personalized approach to treating Fibromyalgia


The challenge with FMS is not only that each individual patient is different but also the suite of symptoms themselves continuously change, with pain, fatigue, IBS, fogginess, hypersensitivity etc... being more prominent at one time of another. 
As well FMS causes unpredictable reactions to medication that can obfuscate an accurate diagnosis. The same is true when a medication that had been reliable for some time, suddenly stops working and new side effects appear, which can be mistaken for a flare up. 
This means that each individual case is not only unique, but also extremely complex; something that a physician must always keep in mind when treating a patient affected by FMS.

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