Fibromyalgia physicians
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Does anyone know Dr. Harold Bowersox? Apparently Dr Bowersox used to work in the town where I work . Recently ads in our newspaper have started showing up stating that " You can be cured from Fibromyalgia!!" Dr Bowersox has written a book that I have ordered but as a person with Fibromyalgia and a nurse this ad sounds too good to be true. I right away discounted it but have talked to some people I work with who remember Dr Bowersox and say he was a good doctor?????
Help me!
They specifically mention fibromyalgia and how many physicians are not prescribing fibromyalgia medications and instead... giving their fibro patients medications like Aleve !!
Isn't this fraud ?? Why aren't health insurance companies doing anything about this ? They are getting ripped off and so are we !
Half of Doctors Routinely Prescribe Placebos
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/health/23placebo.
The Health Status Burden of People With Fibromyalgia: A Review of Studies That Assessed Health Status with the SF-36 or the SF-12
D. L. Hoffman; E. M. Dukes
An excerpt: "Studies performed worldwide showed that FM groups were significantly more impaired than people in the general population on all eight health status domains assessed."
link to article: http://www.medscape.
And unfortunately many of the physicians who are treating fibromyalgia, are only prescribing medications. If you check out the experts treatment plans, they suggest other things such as exercise and taking supplements.
I have just been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I thought I might have this over a year ago but I never saw a doctor about it. I went to a pain management doctor today and he told me that I have degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia. I don't know anything about this, can someone help me? What do I do? Today I feel like I was hit by a truck, especially after the doctor examined me.
Hi ! It's good to see you posting. I agree with you about many of these physicians. I guess my main concerns about physicians are :
a) they still aren't taught about CFS and/or fibromyalgia in medical school
b) the majority of them are just writing prescriptions, despite the fact that there are possible cures out there
and
c) there are still many physicians who will diagnose CFS patients, but not treat them. We are too complicated, take too long, require more paperwork, etc.
The World Health Organization is responsible for applied codes relating to disease/illness. This is defined for classification of a recognized disease/illness, used by physicians and for deciding disabilities. In 1992 FMS held the classification of: Rheumatism, unspecified. In 2009 they developed another International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD 10-CM), which will be implemented in 2013.
I am on a research protocol and there are now more people, including some physicians, who believe that Th1 diseases, including fibromyalgia, are not contagious... but communicable. Transmission of bacteria requires close contact and perhaps this is why we've seen husband and wives come down with the same type of illness ? However, there haven't been any studies yet to prove this theory.
Also is fibromyalgia and CFS the same condition. My father has fibromyalgia, 1st cousin. But my aunt has CFS.
Hey Guys,
I just found another great new link of physicians who know about fibromyalgia and treat fibromyalgia patients routinely. If you would like this link... let me know and I will zap it to you. This includes those members here who live in Canada as well !
Hi ! The only thing I can tell you is that I know of one woman who has CFS.. who has kidney problems. But I also know of another woman, diagnosed with fibro, who also has kidney problems. I can't say for sure with absolute positive proof, but I believe CFS and fibro can lead to organ problems. Consider this.... many fibro & CFS patients have vitamin D dysregulation. We have a low vitamin D level, but a much higher vitamin D 1,25 hydroxy.
I have had chronic pain for 15 years due to fibromyalgia and arthritis. I am now 40 and have developed severe pain 24 hours a day 7 days a week. My blood pressure has sky rocketed as well as resting heart rate. It is very clear physically, this is much more all encompassing that the regular chronic pain I had been dealing with. I have been seen by a number of physicians and specialists and no cause can be found. Are there any specialists for this disease?
I have been going to many different doctors trying to get a diagnosis I am all most for sure that it is fibromyalgia. But I am getting really frustrated because every doctor I go to says that I am just deppressed and that is not the case at all. Does everyone who has fibromyalgia get told that a lot and how do I get them to beleive that I am not deppressed, and that my symptoms are VERY REAL! Also I have one more question is fibromyalgia Genetic?
Would it surprise you to hear that there are physicians who have CFS and/or fibro and none of them recommend Lyrica ? Here's a link to the physicians that I pay attention to and why:
http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/44526?
I would consider googling, "Co Cure's Good Doctor List". You should be able to find a list of physicians who are supposed to be quite knowledgeable when it comes to both fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome. If you take this advice and find a list of physicians in your area, be sure to ask them if they take your insurance.
Good luck and keep us posted !
All of our members here are sharing their own personal experiences with physicians, treatments and education. Some of our members here have medical experience and of course, years of experience being a patient and being tossed around like a football. Since we have conditions that are relatively new and often misunderstood in the medical field, there are many members here who do their research and share that information with the other members.
My eyes involuntarily move when I am concentrating and its a only a second or two and of course my eyes are not focused so all I see is light. It does it a lot. Some times they move side to side but I don't realize it. I am 44 y\o cauasian with some native Americas. I have fibromyalgia, leaky vavles, anemia, kidney filtration has slowed down, degenerative arthritis, GERD, migraines, sinus problems, no gall bladder. My eye sight the past three years has changed.
Hi everyone, It's been over 6 months now since my mother and I had the flu and since then we have both suffered with muscular problems and tiredness.
What many physicians don't realize, is that muscle weakness can go along with fibromyalgia. I recently polled our members and asked them if they had muscle weakness. Here are the results and the discussions on that subject:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/739162
Are you taking supplements ? If not, I would consider reading our health pages and reading several of the treatments for fibromyalgia.
and we list many conditions that physicians usually rule out before making a CFS or fibromyalgia diagnosis.
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/list?
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