Heroin Addiction Drug May Relieve Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 23:35
in Health & Medicine
A drug commonly used to treat heroin addiction appears to ease the symptoms of fibromyalgia, a poorly understood but potentially debilitating condition that affects up to 12 million people in the U.S. (4 percent of the population), a small pilot study has found. [More]
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