TY - JOUR T1 - Dr. Fitzcharles, <em>et al,</em> reply JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 2077 LP - 2077 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.160991 VL - 43 IS - 11 AU - MARY-ANN FITZCHARLES AU - PETER A. STE-MARIE AU - EMMANOUIL RAMPAKAKIS AU - JOHN S. SAMPALIS AU - YORAM SHIR Y1 - 2016/11/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/43/11/2077.2.abstract N2 - To the Editor:We appreciate the comments of Drs. Ferrari and Russell1 regarding our study that examined factors associated with disability in persons with fibromyalgia (FM)2. We observed that 31% of patients with FM in our cohort of 248 patients were disabled and receiving disability payments for FM. The disabled patients with FM were more symptomatic, used more medications, and were more likely to have previously worked in physically demanding jobs. Drs. Ferrari and Russell raise the issue of symptom exaggeration by some persons with FM as a means of obtaining disability payments and suggest that effort testing and … Address correspondence to M.A. Fitzcharles, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave., Montreal H3G 1A4, Quebec, Canada. E-mail: mary-ann.fitzcharles{at}muhc.mcgill.ca ER -