The 2002 Official Patient's Sourcebook on Fibromyalgia

Description

This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to fibromyalgia, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on fibromyalgia. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Fibromyalgia: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Fibromyalgia; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Fibromyalgia; Chapter 5. Patents on Fibromyalgia; Chapter 6. Books on Fibromyalgia; Chapter 7. Multimedia on Fibromyalgia; Chapter 8. Periodicals and News on Fibromyalgia; Chapter 9. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 10. Dissertations on Fibromyalgia; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance; Appendix F. Fibromyalgia Research: Challenges and Opportunities; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; FIBROMYALGIA GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Fibromyalgia syndrome, Fibromyositis, Fibrositis, Muscular Rheumatism, Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome, Myofascial pain syndrome, Myofasical pain syndrome, Nonarticular rheumatism, Periarticular Fibrositis, Psychogenic rheumatism, Rheumatoid Myositis, Tension Myalgia.