Inexpensive Drug Appears To Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 09:21
in Health & Medicine
A small pilot study was conducted over a 14-week period to test the new use of a low dose of a drug called naltrexone for the treatment of chronic pain. The drug, which has been used clinically for more than 30 years to treat opioid addiction, was found to reduce symptoms of pain and fatigue an average of 30 percent over placebo.
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