Tuesday-Newsday #143

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are “Sensory Overload: Sources and Strategies”, "’Snap Out of It’ Response to Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Depression” and “How do I redefine my identity with chronic illness?”

Let Me Know: If you’d like me to watch for articles on your pain condition, just drop me a note in the comments section below. 

WARNING:  My goal is to provide the most up-to-date news I can, which you can then take to your personal doctor and debate the merits of before you try it. I do not endorse any of the docs, treatments, info, and meds in anything I post nor can I guarantee they are all effective, especially not for everyone. As is the case with any health info, ALWAYS get your doctor's opinion first!

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*MEDICATION NEWS

Massachusetts Declares Health Emergency, Bans New Painkiller Zohydro

opinion: Massachusetts Ban on Zohydro a Slippery Slope

Over-regulation of drugs not the right prescription: Poorly designed rules might harm patients in pain

Ask the Pharmacist: Why Am I Being Denied a Pain Medication?

How to file complaints if patient is being denied having a valid/on time control substance prescriptions

Study: Non-Opioid Creams Relieve Pain, Improve Quality of Life in Senior Americans, While Reducing Use of Addicting Medicines 

*PATIENT NEWS

'Talking' Medical Devices, Apps Continue to Evolve: Innovations can help people manage their conditions, function in emergencies, keep doctors informed

How to Avoid the Two Words that Cost Thousands in Medicare Bills

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for insomnia could save money and ease symptoms, several studies suggest

New therapies offer bright hope against the darkness of depression

*FIBROMYALGIA

Take the National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Assoc. Survey

National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day is May 12, 2014

FDA Hears From Fibromyalgia Patients

Survey of Symptoms Other than Pain for FDA Meeting Part 1

Survey of Pain and Fibromaylgia patients in 10 countries show high unmet need globally due to low diagnosis and low treatment satisfaction

Fibromyalgia: The Stigma and the Truth

Fibromyalgia: New Criteria Improve Diagnosis

Fibromyalgia Now Widely Recognized as Requiring Multimodal Approach

Drugs for Fibromyalgia: How Good Are They?

Fibromyalgia pain and fatigue reduced by vitamin D 

Electrical Brain Stimulation Might Help Fibromyalgia Patients

Men with fibromyalgia experienced greater sleep respiratory disorders than women

Most Teens With Fibromyalgia Suffer Pain, Fatigue as Adults

Marijuana-Cannabis & Fibromyalgia Survey

Cold Weather Hits Fibromyalgia Sufferers Hard

Exercise Tips for People with FM

The Straight Neck in Fibromyalgia

Massage Therapy Studies for Fibromyalgia Reviewed

Fibromyalgia Impact on Relationships

A Step Toward Identifying Fibromyalgia Subgroups

Big Antiviral Trial Could Usher in New Treatment Era for Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia sufferer takes on her chronic pain by training to swim the English Channel

*CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME / M.E.

Bay Area pharmaceutical company develops treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome

FDA Says Sponsors of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Drugs can Rely on Patient-Reported Outcomes

Doctors, drugs slowly coming around to chronic fatigue

British Doctor Wants to Rescue M.E. Patient Held at Danish Hospital 

Does Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Need A New Name?

Study: CFS Linked to Latent EBV Replication; polyDNA Recommends Gene-Eden-VIR Against Latent Epstein Barr Virus and Resulting Fatigue

Film: “Mom Needs to Lie Down” shares the experiences of ME/CFS three patients

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

Sensory Overload: Sources and Strategies

by Bruce Campbell

"Snap Out of It" Response to Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Depression

by Adrienne Dellwo

AWAP: How do I redefine my identity with chronic illness?

by Jenni Prokopy, editrix of Chronic Babe