treatment

I’ve been reading this 2013 study by Friedberg et al. Chronic fatigue self-management in primary care: a randomized trial. This isn’t a study of ME/CFS, but the paper claims that 39% of the 111 randomized participants did meet diagnostic criteria for CFS (Fukuda-criteria). I don’t think the...

The online guidance to doctors that I am reviewing has the following section about the use of antidepressants as treatments for ME/CFS: 1. The use of antidepressants in CFS has not shown a significant benefit:2 · There can be similarities in symptoms between CFS, depression, and...

Open access at https://advancesinrheumatology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s42358-018-0022-z

Initiating Care of a Patient with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) This paper introduces the primary care physician to the unique and challenging aspects of initially diagnosing and managing a complex condition for which there are a plethora of symptoms, few physical...

Open access at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/hex.12857

Free full text: http://iacfsme.org/PDFS/Reporting-of-Harms-Associated-with-GET-and-CBT-in.aspx

Rituximab Serum Concentrations and Anti- Rituximab Antibodies During B-Cell Depletion Therapy for Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Rekeland, Fluge, Mella et al (only the abstract is available for now) Findings There were no significant differences in mean serum rituximab...

Wall Street Wants the Best Patents, Not the Best Drugs - Curing diseases like Hepatitis C just doesn’t pay. By Joe Nocera - Bloomberg Opinion I agree!

Abstract only before print, http://www.eurekaselect.com/167495/article

Source: IntechOpen Paper 80714 Date: November 5, 2018 URL: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/culturing-adult-stem-cells-for-cell-based-therapeutics/ https://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/63496.pdf Culturing adult stem cells for cell-based therapeutics: neuroimmune applications...

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): Suggestions for a nutritional treatment in the therapeutic approach Abstract Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is known as a multi-systemic and complex illness, which induces fatigue and long-term disability in educational, occupational, social, or personal...

Open access at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0205278

Article by Steven Salzberg "A few days ago, a news story in the journal Nature reported that the World Health Organization, which is supposed to be devoted to improving the health and medical care of people around the globe, will for the first time endorse a belief system called "traditional...

Thursday, April 25th, 2019 18:00 - 18:45 Childhood maltreatment and treatment resistance in adult psychiatric disorders Carmine Pariante (King's College London, United Kingdom) Saturday, April 27th, 2019 9:00 - 9:45 CBT-resistance Trudie Chalder (King's College London, United Kingdom)...

Open access at https://sajp.co.za/index.php/SAJP/article/view/442

Hello, There was some research into looking at a combination of lofepramine and phenylalanine to treat fatigue in MS. It looks like it had a marginal effect https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12185153 and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12376086. Anyway a company called Multicell...

A few years ago I had the idea of starting up a website in which hospitals, institutions or individual psychiatrists and psychologists who coerce exercise therapy upon unwilling ME/CFS patients could be named and shamed. I was just recently reminded of the idea after reading this thread of an...

Unraveling the Molecular Determinants of Manual Therapy: An Approach to Integrative Therapeutics for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Received: 2 July 2018 / Revised: 4 September 2018 / Accepted: 7 September 2018 / Published: 9 September 2018...

I read where for Whitney Dafoe ativan increases his strength for a short period. I am also interested in this as clonazapem does the same for me. I am completely bed bound and have had periods of months at a time when I am too weak to talk at all. I can currently talk in short sentences but only...

Just came upon this, published 10 May 2018: https://sandwellandwestbhamccg.nhs.uk/publications/harmonised-treatment-policies/1713-draft-policy-for-treatment-of-cfs-me-engagement-09-05-2018/file Their public engagement page says that the time for commenting has passed, so maybe not worth posting...