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This page is a listing of sites we feel will help with understanding FMS/CFIDS.
We are not responsible for content of these sites, and only publish them as a service to those who suffer.
Background:
http://www.chronicfatigue.about.com
-- Check out the links "Overview of FM", "Lupus and FM", "Science of FM", "Surgery for FM", "Treatment", "Sjorgren's and FM", "The Chiari Malformations", and "Disability".
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1728.53224
http://my.webmd.com/newly_diagnosed?doi=fms
http://my.webmd.com/content/dmk/dmk_summary_account_1441
http://my.webmd.com/condition_center_content/fms/article/1728.50559
-- Does try to sell things related to treatment of FMS, however it has some very good pages that are very informative.
-- Whether or not you are interested in their products, their site is very good with the background information of Fibromyalgia and related diseases.
http://www.muhealth.org/~fibro/fm-pt.html
-- Site for the NFA (National Fibromyalgia Association), who also publishes Fibromyalgia Aware Magazine.
For a list of rheumatological diseases please click here
Support:
-- Check out the letter to normals link, also has chat rooms, articles and other support related items.
http://scfibromyalgiasupportgroup.com
-- The Group in Greenville that we have shared with and we try to help each other.
http://www.fibromyalgiasupport.com
Treatment:
http://www.helpingpatients.org
-- This site offers help for obtaining prescription drugs, via a 5 step process. Includes all major drug companies and States that offer assistance programs. Offers information on low-income assistance through the drug companies and through discount card services.
http://www.themedicineprogram.com
-- This site offers help for obtaining prescription drugs, based on need, through several programs that might otherwise be unknown. Does charge a fee for their service.
-- Similar to the above two sites.
- http://www.glucosamine-arthritis.org
-- All sorts of information related to Arthritis, including minerals and herbs and exercises. Also includes research findings and help discussing topics with doctors.
http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/71/81222.htm
-- Pain Management treatment techniques
Medical Studies:
Study on Stress and Chronic Pain - Part 1
Study On Stress and Chronic Pain - Part 2
-- These 2 sites are from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). These are press releases released at the beginning (Part 1) of the study in 2001, and at the end (Part 2) of the study in 2005. The links take you to an archived page. If you wish to search the UAB Media Relations Department for more stories, click here.
Healthbeat: Stress and Chronic Fatigue
-- This site is from a news story by WHOI ABC 19 News in Illinois. It includes information from the above press releases plus some extra information. The link takes you to an archived page. If you wish to have a direct link to the story by WHOI Reporter Jen Christensen, click here.
American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association
-- This site is from the Volume 9, Issue 1- November 2002 update release of the AFSA Newsletter. It contains information on a study that was funded by the AFSA that was being conducted at Louisiana State University (LSU) on stress response and changes to the hippocampus (part of the brain) in fibromyalgia patients. The link takes you to an archived page. If you wish to have a direct link to the story, click here.