Study re: FM and Dopamine

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thought some of you might be interested in this.

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Pat in so Ore

Dr.

Dryland's Fibromyalgia Update

for September

2005

New Clinical

Studies Link Dopamine and Fibromyalgia

If you're familiar with Dr. Dryland and his book

The Fibromyalgia Cure, then you already understand how

decreased levels of dopamine directly affect fibromyalgia pain. The

medical community is starting to catch up. A placebo controlled 14-

week

trial designed to study the effects of treating fibromyalgia with

Mirapex found that 42 percent of patients experienced significant

pain

relief (50 percent reduction or more) compared to 14 percent of

patients

taking the placebo. Mirapex, a drug typically used to treat

Parkinson's

patients, simulates the role of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

The study was conducted by Dr. Holman, a

rheumatologist and member of the advisory board of the National

Fibromyalgia Association. Dr. Holman, who wrote the foreword to Dr.

Dryland's book, privately funded this research when his own patients

experienced pain reduction with Mirapex. Dr. Holman noted " This may

be

the highest response of overall improvement of fibromyalgia symptoms

of

any single medication tested so far. " Patients also reported

substantial

improvements in function and fatigue. Many of Dr. Dryland's patients

have eliminated the pain associated with fibromyalgia by increasing

their dopamine levels naturally or by taking Mirapex. The

Fibromyalgia Cure is available at www.drdryland.com