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People who have the common chronic pain condition fibromyalgia often report that they don't respond to the types of medication that relieve other people's pain.
New research from the University of Michigan Health System helps to explain why that might be: Patients with fibromyalgia were found to have reduced binding ability of a type of receptor in the brain that is the target of opioid painkiller drugs such as morphine.
Why Don't Painkillers Work For People With Fibromyalgia?
Seeded on Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:31 PM EDT
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"The finding is significant because it has been difficult to determine the causes of pain in patients with fibromyalgia, to the point that acceptance of the condition by medical practitioners has been slow."
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#1 - Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:32 PM EDTto the point that acceptance of the condition by medical practitioners has been slow.
It's a baffling condition. Two friends of mine suffer from this, both on permanent disability, yet....well, I'll leave it there except to say that acceptance by society is slow as well.
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#2 - Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:39 PM EDTYes, acceptance by society is very slow. It's the kind of desease that people accuse other people of it only being in their head.
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