Fibromyalgia AWARE Magazine Now Available FREE Online!
Since 2002, Fibromyalgia AWARE magazine has been the first and only consumer publication dedicated to the fibromyalgia community. A valued resource for patients and healthcare providers alike, its award-winning content includes the latest research, helpful tips, lifestyle and self-management techniques, motivational stories, and resources that will help everyone affected by fibromyalgia. The Winter 2010 edition is now available for free viewing online, or print subscriptions can be ordered from the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA).

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Vitamin D a Surprising 'Analgesic' for Chronic Pain
Helping patients to overcome their chronic musculoskeletal pain and fatigue syndromes may be as simple, well tolerated, and inexpensive as an extra daily supplement of vitamin D. A comprehensive Report and a shorter Practitioner Briefing review the clinical evidence and provide clinical guidance for healthcare providers. A special Brochure for patients explains what vitamin D is, how it works, and how it can help them. Released June 2008

Opioid Painkillers Sometimes Make Pain Worse, According to Evidence Review
This evidence-based review examines how ongoing opioid therapy for chronic pain can paradoxically worsen the pain in some patients, a phenomenon called Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia or OIH. The differential diagnosis of OIH form other conditions – worsening disease, opioid tolerance, withdrawal, pseudoaddiction, or addiction – is described and strategies for avoiding or managing OIH, if it occurs, are recommended