Will New Drug Be Prescribed for Fibromyalgia Pain?
While it’s not approved for fibromyalgia pain, the new drug tapentadol is likely to find a niche in fibromyalgia treatment. It was approved in November 2008, for moderate-to-severe acute pain, but it’s not on the market yet because it’s controlled-substance classification is yet to be determined. It also hasn’t been given a brand name so far.
http://chronicfatigue.about.com/b/2009/01/08/will-new-drug-be-prescribed-for-fibromyalgia-pain.htm
The administrators of the ‘Living With ME’ website do not advocate the use of any particular type of medication, treatment or healthcare! YOU should ALWAYS seek advice from a DOCTOR / GP / CONSULTANT before undertaking or ceasing any treatment!
This entry was posted
on Friday, January 30th, 2009 at 10:00 am and is filed under ME News & Views.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Both comments and pings are currently closed.