Fibromyalgia: Poorly understood; treatments are disappointing

Prescrire International

Volumn 18, Issue 102, 2009, Pages 169-173

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Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DULOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; MILNACIPRAN; MONOAMINE OXIDASE A INHIBITOR; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER INJURY; MENTAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREMOR; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AMINES; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP DISORDERS; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849112455     PISSN: 11677422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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