Maybe, it's a good thing that the everyday patient isn't able to read this newsletter. They might become jaded. The conclusion was that since the opiates in our brains respond differently to pain, these chemicals that are released by pain signals are the reason that the current prescribed fibromyalgia medications (see the latest television commercials for the current "guess-what we're trying now," pharmaceutical) don't work very well. So, now we blame the brain for not responding to medications. I disagree. It's the lack of understanding about the true cause of fibromyalgia and, thus, the grasping-at-straws-for-anything-that-might-help mentality, rather than the let's-get-to-the-bottom-of-this strategy that is the cause of the failure, in my humble opinion.
For anyone suffering from this problem and thinking that medications will solve the symptoms, I would suggest trying a different approach. Medications, taken regularly and long term, eventually cease being efficacious and frequently cause very serious side effects.
Re-balancing the body through nutriceuticals has been shown to be one highly effective approach to this problem with which I've seen much success. I have said before that I don't believe that fibromyalgia is a disease or cause of a problem, but is an effect of multiple nutritional imbalances in the body, beginning with a dysfunction of the gut.
For those dealing with this dysfunction, it's my guess that your symptoms have increased over the past week or so if you've been attending seasonal parties. Refined sugar will exacerbate fibromyalgia due to causing increased insulin demand, decreased B vitamin content in the blood and decreased native intestinal flora population. Refined sugar is definitely not our friend.
Dr. Esther
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