And for pain, it’s also for:
Fibromyalgia: An autoimmune disease, one where the body attacks itself, fibromyalgia is still a very unknown, misunderstood disease that attacks mostly women. Some good links for fibromyalgia are:

Questions and Answers about Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (Mayo Clinic)
Fibromyalgia(American College of Rheumatology)

Facet Joint Syndrome: A major cause of back pain, facet joint syndrome or facet joint disorder, is caused by the inflammation of the facet joints in the spine. These sites explain it well:

Facet Joint Syndrome (Cleveland Clinic)
Facet Joint Syndrome (Spine Universe)

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Don’t forget the Pain Relief book give away, ending July 14th:
Pain Relief book give away
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As part of my blogging and writing about pain for this blog and pregnancy for Womb Within, I get to review books and products that I can recommend (if I like them) and sometimes offer as give aways to my readers.
I have a book here called The Art of Body Maintenance: Winner’s Guide to Pain Relief, by Hal Blatman, MD, with art done by Brad Ekvall, BFA.
It’s a nice book with lots of detail and diagrams. The program also uses a rubber ball to help apply pressure to relieve chronic pain.
The author covers pain relief from fibromyalgia, myofascial pain …read more

Cymbalta Reduces Pain and Improves Functioning in Fibromyalgia Patients
INDIANAPOLIS, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) for the management of fibromyalgia, a chronic widespread pain disorder, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today. Cymbalta is the first serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor with proven efficacy for reducing pain inpatients with fibromyalgia. The fibromyalgia indication represents thesecond FDA-approved use for Cymbalta for a pain disorder, demonstrating the medication’s analgesic effect.
“The approval of Cymbalta is important because it provides physicians and patients with a new treatment option shown to help reduce pain and improve …read more

As the debate among people who live with fibromyalgia, as well as the medical community, continues as to whether fibromyalgia is a true disease and whether Lyrica (pregabalin) is helpful (or harmful) therapy, another story has been published about its benefits in treatment regardless of depression or anxiety.
It’s difficult enough to find treatments for diseases that are undeniably present, it must be incredibly difficult to find treatments for diseases and disorders that don’t have that benefit. Another illness that falls into this category is chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS.
If you want to read the article, you can find it here: …read more