Update on the treatment of fibromyalgia

Bulletin on the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Goldenberg, Don L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DESIPRAMINE; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEVODOPA; MILNACIPRAN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; NORTRIPTYLINE; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; THYROID HORMONE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 30844451060     PISSN: 00075248     EISSN: 00075248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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