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C F S
- Information International Treatments for CFS / FM
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Pain relievers and
vitamins/supplements are commonly used, jones.etal03.txt,
jones.etal03.pdf. Complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) is also widely used, jones.etal.07.txt.
Magnesium is essential, press.magnesium04.txt.
D-Ribose, teitelbaum.etal06.txt, teitelbaum.etal06.pdf, and folinic acid, lundell.etal06.txt. Intraveneus
treatment with nutritients, massey07.txt. Normalization of
leaky gut in CFS is accompanied by a clinical improvement, maes.leunis08.txt. Rehabilitation of decreased motor performance in
patients with CFS: should we treat low effort capacity or reduced effort
tolerance?, van.houdenhove.etal07.txt, van.houdenhove.etal.07.txt, van.houdenhove.etal07.pdf. Japanese research on
CFS Treatments, japanese.treatments08.txt. Drug Treatments
Summing up 4 drugs, hoseini.etal07.txt. Raloxifen in treatment of
fibromyalgia in menopausal women, sadreddini.etal08.txt Gabapentin an upcoming drug
for FM pain, arnold.etal07.txt, arnold.etal.nih07.txt, and arnold.etal.nfa07.txt. Pregabalin [US brand
name: Lyrica], arnold.etal.07.txt, and owen07.txt, and as augmentation for quetiapine
therapy in FM, calandre.etal07.txt. Pregabalin, approved by the FDA for the treatment
of FM, was shown to have an effect, mease.etal08.txt,
pregabalin08.txt, arnold.etal08.txt.
Midodrine has been tested on
one CFS patient’s autonomic nervous system symptoms, naschitz.etal04.txt, naschitz.etal04.pdf. Thorough studies have dismissed
the drug Modafinil, randall.etal05.txt, randall.etal05.pdf.
A review on Modafinil, kumar08.txt. Methylphenidate reduces symptoms
in some CFS patients, blockmans.etal06.txt,
blockmans.etal06.pdf. Pramipexole has been tried, holman.myers05.txt. Mirtazapine (U.S.
brand name: Remeron) in treating fibromyalgia, samborski.etal04.txt,
samborski.etal.04.txt. Influence of melatonin on fatigue severity in
patients with CFS and late melatonin secretion, vanheukelom.etal06.txt, vanheukelom.etal06.pdf. Antidepressant
medicine has repeatedly shown to be ineffective, but these authors have had
success, thomas.smith06.txt, thomas.smith06.pdf. FM patients may benefit from antidepressants, arnold07.txt. Antidepressants
in FM, uceyler.etal08.txt, Duloxetine in particular, uceyler.etal.08.txt. Duloxetine [US brand name: Cymbalta ®] for FM pain:
systematic review of randomised trials, sultan.etal08.txt
and russell.etal08.txt. Amitriptyline in the treatment of FM: a systematic
review of its efficacy, nishishinya.etal08.txt. Milnacipran is an SNRI antidepressant that
inhibits reuptake of both serotonin
and norepinephrine, used for treatment of FM, dempsey08.txt. Milnacipran for the treatment of FM in adults, clauw.etal08.txt. Venlafaxine reverses CFS-induced behavioral, biochemical and
neurochemical alterations in mice, dhir.kulkarni08.txt. 5-HT(3)-receptor
antagonists, (the neuronal 5-HT(3) receptor network after 20 years of research)
management of pain and inflammation, faerber.etal07.txt.
Exercise and pyridostigmine
in the treatment of FM improves sleep, jones.etal07.txt. Nabilone, a
synthetic cannabinoid, skrabek.etal07.txt.
Are cannabinoids a new treatment option for pain in patients with FM?, staud.koo08.txt. Clinical endocannabinoid
deficiency (CECD): Can this concept explain therapeutic benefits of cannabis
in migraine, FM, IBS and other treatment-resistant conditions?, russo08.txt. Growth hormone (GH)
treatment of FM, cuatrecasas.etal07.txt. Surgery
Clinical evidence for cervical myelopathy due to Chiari
malformation and spinal stenosis in a non-randomized group of patients with
FM, heffez.etal04.txt and, heffez.etal07.txt. Anestesia
Anaesthesia for patients with idiopathic environmental intolerance
and CFS, fisher.rose.08.txt, fisher.rose08.txt, fisher.rose08.pdf.
CBT & Exercise
Most studies on exercise therapy have high drop-out
numbers and short follow-up time (months). One study follows patients 6
months, but has low drop-out, pardaens.etal06.txt,
pardaens.etal06.pdf. A review: New Psychological Interventions in Chronic
Illness: petrie.revenson05.txt. Can high
"action-proneness" in patients with CFS be changed by a multidisciplinary
group treatment, van.houdenhove.etal06.txt,
van.houdenhove.etal06.pdf. Is graded exercise better than CBT for
fatigue? ridsdale.etal04.txt. A review concludes “pacing self-management
techniques and pain neurophysiology education are indicated for the treatment
of musculoskeletal pain in CFS patients”, nijs.etal06.txt,
nijs.etal06.pdf. Non-pharmacological intervention, jason.etal07.txt, jason.etal07.pdf. Immunological treatments
Anakinra a recombinant
interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, hoseini.gharibzadeh06.txt.
A drug which supposedly influences natural
killer cells (BioBran MGN-3) has no effect in CFS, mc.dermott.etal06.txt, mcdermott.etal06.pdf. Staphylococcus
Toxoid Vaccine, gottfries.etal06.txt, gottfries.etal06.pdf. Normalization of the increased
translocation of endotoxin from gram negative enterobacteria (leaky gut) is
accompanied by a remission, maes.etal07.txt. Effective pain palliation in FM
patients with Botulinum Toxin
type-A: Case series of 25, gordon.etal08.txt. Antibiotics
One of the few studies
published on the use of antibiotical treatment (azithromycin) in CFS, vermeulen.scholte06.txt. Placebo
Placebo response has no major
role in CFS treatment, cho.etal05.pdf. Distant healing, like placebo, have
no effect, walach.etal08.txt.
Leucocyte Apheresis
Aphaeresis
(i.e. depletion) of blood leucocytes (monocytes and granulocytes)
in 4 CFS patients, a treatment which changes blood cytokine profile, boye.etal04.txt. Herbs
Antioxidant and DNA protecting
properties of anti-fatigue herb Trichopus
Zeylanicus (rats), tharakan.etal05.txt,
tharakan.etal05.pdf. Hochu-ekki-to combined with interferon-gamma moderately enhances
daily activity of CFS (mice), chen.etal.08.txt,
chen.etal08.pdf. Essential fatty acids etc.
One patient was cured from CFS
(including improvement of brain structural changes) using fish oil tablets, puri.etal04.txt,
puri.etal04.pdf. Four other patients
were better from use of essential
fatty acids, puri04.txt, puri04.pdf. Acetyl-
and propionylcarnitine has demonstrated benefits on general fatigue in an
open study, vermeulen.scholte04.txt, vermeulen.scholte04.pdf. Double-blind
trial comparing acetyl l-carnitine
with placebo in the treatment of FM, rossini.etal07.txt. Acetyl
l-carnitine (ALC) treatment in elderly patients with fatigue, malaguarnera.etal07.txt, malaguarnera.etal07.pdf. Dr. Nicolson uses an extensive
protocol of Lipid Replacement and Antioxidant Nutritional Therapy, nicolson.II.06.txt, nicolson.ellithorpe06.txt.
Oxygen
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment has been suggested, vanhoof.et.al02.txt, and baltzan.etal05.txt. Acupuncture
Acupuncture improves blood
flow, sandberg.etal04.txt and sandberg.etal05.txt. Better than drug therapy
(China), guo.sun05.txt. Useful in the treatment
of headache, vickers.etal04.pdf. Electro-Acupuncture for CFS, wang.xiong05.txt
and mears05.txt. Observation on therapeutic effect of multiple cupping at
back-shu points on CFS, chen.etal08.txt. FM can also be treated with acupuncture, singh.etal06.txt, and singh.etal08.txt.
Formula acupuncture: investigation of needle placement, needle
stimulation, and treatment frequency, harris.etal05.txt.
Acupuncture in FM, martin.etal06.txt, as well
as in CFS has anti-fatigue effect, yuemei.etal06.txt. No
effect on FM by acupuncture concludes a review, mayhew.ernst06.txt.
However, a more recent paper concludes that acupuncture appears to offer
symptomatic improvement to some patients with FM, duncan.etal07.txt
and staud07.txt. A
randomized controlled trial of acupuncture added to usual treatment for
fibromyalgia, targino.etal08.txt. Traditional
chinese medicine for CFS should be investigated more, chen.et.al08.txt. Transcranial Stimulation
Lymphatic
drainage of the neuraxis in CFS: a hypothetical model for the cranial
rhythmic impulse, perrin07.txt, perrin07.pdf. Transcranial stimulation in FM, fregni.etal06.txt, and passard.etal07.txt, and thimineur.deridder07.txt. Hypnosis
The structure of the hypnosis
session outlined, vallings05.txt, vallings05.pdf. Biofeedback
in FM, hassett.etal07.txt. Thermal Therapy - Balneotherapy
A Japanese study has reported
effect of thermal therapy in 2 (two) CFS patients, masuda.etal05.txt.
FM can be treated with heat, donmez.etal05.txt, and balneotherapy has shown effects on cytokine parameters, ardic.etal06.txt. The effectiveness of hydrotherapy
in the management of fM: a systematic review, mcveigh.etal08.txt. |
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