http://womenandfibromyalgia.com Living with an Invisible Dis-ease Thu, 10 May 2012 18:56:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/06/13/fibromyalgia-and-treatment/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/06/13/fibromyalgia-and-treatment/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:09:46 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=69 “What I am looking for is not out there; it is in me”, Helen Keller The idea that fibromyalgia can be ‘cured’ through medications is erroneous. Drugs such as Neurontin or Lyrica can sometimes be effective to control the symptoms in some people with fibromyalgia some of the time. Is this really treatment or merely masking the [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/06/13/fibromyalgia-and-treatment/feed/ 7 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/01/31/fibromyalgia-hearing-science-and-being-silenced/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/01/31/fibromyalgia-hearing-science-and-being-silenced/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:00:23 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=41 ” A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot”, Albert Einstein Having worked, taught and been involved in research for many years in a university, I am accoustomed to conferences and seminars where reviewing, applauding or critiquing the work of others is usual. Building upon good science and discarding that which seems wrong headed is [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2009/01/31/fibromyalgia-hearing-science-and-being-silenced/feed/ 4