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SUBMITTER: Parkitny L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5489802 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parkitny Luke L Younger Jarred J
Biomedicines 20170418 2
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex, multi-symptom condition that predominantly affects women. The majority of those affected are unlikely to gain significant symptomatic control from the few treatments that are approved for FM. In this 10-week, single-blind, crossover trial we tested the immune effects of eight weeks of oral administration of low-dose naltrexone (LDN). We enrolled eight women with an average age of 46 years, symptom severity of 62 out of 100, and symptom duration of 14 years. We fou ...[more]