- ►annals.org [PDF] AM Abeles, MH Pillinger, BM Solitar, M … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Primary fibromyalgia is a common yet poorly understood syndrome characterized by
diffuse chronic pain accompanied by other somatic symptoms, including poor
sleep, fatigue, and stiffness, in the ab- sence of disease. Fibromyalgia ... Cited by 71 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
SF Carville, S Arendt-Nielsen, H Bliddal, F … - British Medical Journal, 2008 - ard.bmj.com Methods: A multidisciplinary task force was formed representing 11 European
countries. The design of the study, including search strategy, participants,
interventions, outcome measures, data collection and analytical method, was ... Cited by 115 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►stanford.edu [PDF] LJ Crofford, PJ Mease, SL Simpson, JP … - Pain, 2008 - Elsevier This was a multicenter, double-blind (DB), placebo-controlled, randomized
discontinuation trial to evaluate the efficacy of pregabalin monotherapy for
durability of effect on fibromyalgia (FM) pain. The trial included a 6-week ... Cited by 58 - Related articles - All 30 versions
DL Goldenberg - Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2007 - Elsevier The lowered pain threshold of FMS and other chronic pain disorders involves a
complex array of neural pathways and neurotransmitters, especially those
critical to pain inhibition. Therefore, medications that affect the ... Cited by 42 - Related articles - All 25 versions
LA Nielsen, KG Henriksson - Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2007 - Elsevier Chronic musculoskeletal pain has biological, psychological and social
components. This review deals with the biological factors, with emphasis on the
fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Studies on central sensitization of pain- ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - All 26 versions
LM Arnold, DL Goldenberg, SB Stanford, JK … - Arthritis Care & Research - interscience.wiley.com Dr. Arnold has received consulting fees from Eli Lilly (more than $10,000) and
from Pfizer, Cypress Bioscience, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi-Aventis,
Boehringer Ingelheim, Sepracor, Forest Laboratories, Allergan, and Vivus ... Cited by 105 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
DS Rooks - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2007 - journals.lww.com Purpose of review Fibromyalgia is a common chronic pain disorder characterized
by complex symptomatology and few consistently effective treatments. The purpose
of this review is to highlight the recent literature from April 2005 ... Cited by 50 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
P Wood, P Schweinhardt, E Jaeger, A Dagher … - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2007 - ps.uci.edu Abstract Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread pain and bodily
tenderness and is often accompanied by affective disturbances. Accumulating
evidence indicates that fibromyalgia may involve a dysfunction of ... Cited by 55 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 6 versions
DB Cook, AJ Stegner, MJ McLoughlin - Current Pain and Headache Reports, 2007 - Springer Brain imaging studies have provided objective evidence of abnormal central
regulation of pain in fibromyalgia (FM). Resting brain blood flow studies have
reported mixed findings for several brain regions, whereas decreased tha- ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
P Sarzi-Puttini, F Atzeni, A Diana, A Doria, R … - ANNALS-NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2006 - interscience.wiley.com Abstract: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome characterized by widespread
musculoskeletal pain, although the mechanisms underlying the pain have not been
fully elucidated. FM patients describe a number of nonspecific symptoms, ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
