Posted on October 11, 2005.
More and more, doctors are now coming to believe that the pain and depression of fibromyalgia are caused by abnormal levels of specific neurotransmitters. (For example, fibromyalgia patients reportedly have higher levels of substance P, a neurotransmitter found in the spinal cord that is involved in communicating pain signals.)
In a recent LA Times article, Dr. Daniel Clauw, a fibromyalgia researcher and director of the Center for the Advancement of Clinical Research at the University of Michigan was quoted as explaining that “[t]he pain of fibromyalgia is not occurring because of some injury or inflammation of the muscles or joints. … There is something wrong with the way the central nervous system is processing pain from the peripheral tissues. It’s over-amplifying the pain.”
For more information:
On Pain’s Trail
Article by LA Times Staff Writer Shari Roan
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