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News items on 'Fibromyalgia Syndrome'
(Daily Express 04/08/2009)
A CHRONIC health problem was ruining Angie Usher's life until she found an empowering new health program. Pain and depression were once constant features of Angie Usher's life. "I spent years miserably existing rather than living," says 50-year-old Angie, who was diagnosed 6 years ago with fibromyalgia %u2013 a chronic condition that causes widespread pain in the body's connective tissues and other symptoms such as fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome and sensitivity to noise and bright light.
Ask the doctor: Constant pain is ruining my life
(Daily Mail 29/09/2008)
I am 64 and have fibromyalgia; my doctor has prescribed amitriptyline, an anti-depressant drug which he says is the only treatment available, but the pills do not suit me (I am also taking co-codamol for arthritis). Can you recommend any alternative medication or treatment?
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