Added entry about sodium oxybate to treat #fibromyalgia to Wikipedia. Rejection by @FDACBER was based on potential abuse by others (like as GHB) rather than effectiveness of treatment.
There remain few, if any, effective treatments for fibromyalgia. 1/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_ox…
There remain few, if any, effective treatments for fibromyalgia. 1/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_ox…
managed to get the main reference. Hard to do on phone. If anyone able to help FDA rejection at webmd.com/fibromyalgia/n… .. any number of places regarding paucity of effective treatments for fibromyalgia.
If anyone with spoons able to help add these, appreciated. 2/
If anyone with spoons able to help add these, appreciated. 2/
My psychiatrist was quite put out when he read the data from the trials. It has as good or better evidence as any approved treatment.
Sodium oxybate is used to treat excessive daytime sleepiness, with prescribing and distribution tightly controlled. 3/
Sodium oxybate is used to treat excessive daytime sleepiness, with prescribing and distribution tightly controlled. 3/
He asked if they have been able to prescribe safely for sleep, why not fibromyalgia?
Likely SO MANY people have fibromyalgia, and proper diagnosis so difficult that they fear they couldn’t regulate.
If you ask me.. these challenges make it all the more urgent.4/4
Likely SO MANY people have fibromyalgia, and proper diagnosis so difficult that they fear they couldn’t regulate.
If you ask me.. these challenges make it all the more urgent.4/4
Link to studies summary. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…
It was easier to cite this opinion piece than underlying studies. Filling out with details on actual studies would help. My psychiatrist thought they were high quality.
It was easier to cite this opinion piece than underlying studies. Filling out with details on actual studies would help. My psychiatrist thought they were high quality.
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