As the cause of the disease is unknown, a definite pattern of medication also remains non-existent. There are thus no approved medicines for treating this condition. Doctors use a variety of treatment patterns for the treatment of fibromyalgia. The other factor that influences the treatment and medication of this illness is the fact that the nature of this disease is highly individualized. Different patients need different medicines to treat the symptoms that they are experiencing. Here we shall discuss the various types of medication used to treat fibromyalgia.
The most common and the most prevalent symptom of the disease is muscular pain. The pain is not only constant; in most cases, it is also unbearable. Providing instant relief in such a situation becomes imperative. Analgesics or painkillers as they are more commonly known are used to provide patients with this instant relief. Doctors, though with great hesitation, also often prescribe narcotics to treat conditions of severe pain. Such a treatment might prove beneficial in the short term, but in the long term, it can have irreversible and permanent side effects.
Non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory drugs are often used to treat inflammation. Inflammation, though, one must understand, is not a symptom of fibromyalgia. Common medicines like aspirin are included in this category.
Antidepressants are perhaps the most important and the most beneficial medicines for the treatment of fibromyalgia. They not only rid patients of symptoms of depression, but also reduce pain and fatigue. Antidepressants can increase the level of certain chemicals in the body such as serotonin. The reduction in the level of chemicals such as serotonin is quite often speculated to be the cause of fibromyalgia.
Most of the other drugs prescribed for fibromyalgia are extremely symptom specific. As discussed earlier, the individual requirements of different patients are extremely variable. The treatment needs to be according to this highly individualized requirement.
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