Cough medicine to treat fibromyalgia

Muscle pain experienced in fibromyalgia, a condition where sufferers also feel run down and have sleeping difficulty, can be dampened with cough suppressant mixture as it decreases the pain signal from the nerve to the brain. However, side effects with large doses occur and include disorientation and amnesia. Fibromyalgia is believed to be caused by a hypersensitivity of the pain perception area in the brain which over processes pain signals from the body's nerves. In a study to investigate the usefulness of cough medicine for pain control both women with and without fibromyalgia reported lower thresholds for pain after taking the suppressant.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Pak Tribune

Related Disease Topics:

• Fibromyalgia

Related Symptom Topics:

• Muscle pain
• Run down
• Sleeping difficulty
• Pain
• Disorientation
• Amnesia

Article Source Details

About: Cough medicine to treat fibromyalgia

Date: 9 January 2006

Source: Pak Tribune

URL: http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=130707

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• Cause of muscle pain
• Cause of pain
• Cause of fatigue
• Cause of tiredness
• Cause of lethargy
• Cause of sleeping difficulty
• Cause of sleeping disturbance
• Cause of sleeping problems
• Cause of insomnia
• Cause of disorientation
• Cause of amnesia
• Cause of fibromyalgia
• Risk and cough syrup
• Risk and cough suppressant
• Risk and cough medicine
• Side effects
• Side effects and disorientation
• Side effects and amnesia
• Side effects and fibromyalgia
• Side effects and cough syrup
• Side effects and cough suppressant
• Side effects and cough medicine
• Research and muscle pain
• Research and pain
• Research and fatigue
• Research and tiredness
• Research and lethargy
• Research and sleeping difficulty
• Research and sleeping disturbance
• Research and sleeping problems
• Research and insomnia
• Research and disorientation
• Research and amnesia
• Research and fibromyalgia
• Research and cough syrup
• Research and cough mixture
• Research and cough suppressant
• Research and cough medicine
• Research and pain perception
• Research and body pain
• Medication
• Medication and fibromyalgia
• Medication and cough suppressant
• Medication and cough mixture
• Medication and cough syrup
• Medication and cough medication
• Medication and pain
• Medication and pain perception

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