Difficult to diagnose pain conditions like Fibromyalgia (FM) needs special attention of medical fraternity. Although both anticonvulsant, as well as antidepressant medications are known for FM, anticonvulsant drug like pregabalin has shown better tolerance with fewer side effects. Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic widespread pain (CWP) condition, generally characterized by painful body ache, pressure stimulated pain along with other situations like memory, sleep and mood disorders etc.
Being more biased towards women, FM makes up 2-8% of the general population with age over 40 years. Some of the common symptoms of FM are: Chronic widespread pain Fatigue Sleep disturbance Nerve pain Muscle twitching Bowel disturbance Sometimes these symptoms may appear after physical injuries or surgeries or significant stress. Although difficult to diagnose through a single test, some of the common…
