New Study: Antidepressants Help Patients with Fibromyalgia
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 18:07
in Health & Medicine
Drugs traditionally used to treat depression are also effective in easing widespread pain, sleep disturbances and dismal moods associated with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), according to a large-scale analysis published today in JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association. The study confirms earlier research about the meds' effect on symptoms associated with this mysterious disease. [More]
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