Dr Philip Mease shares his clinical insights for diagnosing and treating fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis.

For most patients with fibromyalgia, pharmacologic manage­ment aims to reduce symptoms such as pain and improve quality-of-life. The FDA has approved 3 medications for the treatment of fibromyalgia: ...

As we mentioned, there are no tests for fibromyalgia. Diagnosis is via a detailed description of the individual’s symptoms, along with a medical and family history. Many of the symptoms of the ...

For some people, a medical diagnosis can come as a relief — a name for the pain or an explanation for relentless fatigue. But if that diagnosis is fibromyalgia, you may be feeling more confused than ...

Once dismissed by many clinicians, it is now estimated that as much as six percent of the world's population has fibromyalgia, a complex disease in which the body is affected by pain in the joints and ...

Diagnosing fibromyalgia (FM) can be challenging. It's not uncommon for someone to ask their healthcare provider if they could have the condition only to have the suggestion waved off. What's going on?

Fibromyalgia patients’ satisfaction with their treatment is predictable through consideration of pre-treatment, patient-specific factors, according to a study in the journal Clinical and Experimental ...

Depression relief was the primary driver of disease improvement among patients with fibromyalgia and prominent anxiety and depression symptoms.

Although fibromyalgia sufferers, most of whom are women, can experience chronic pain anywhere in the body, the most common sites include the neck, shoulders, pelvic area and hands. Fibromyalgia ...

Between four and 10 million people in the U.S. have fibromyalgia. Many doctors look askance at the disorder, leading some ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Swing Therapeutics announced that Stanza, its digital therapeutic for treatment of fibromyalgia symptoms, has received a positive coverage decision from Highmark Health.