The use of opioids in fibromyalgia

GS NGIAN, EK Guymer… - International journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic disorder of widespread pain with high personal
and societal burdens. Although targeted pharmacotherapies have become available in recent …

Fibromyalgia remains a significant burden in rheumatoid arthritis patients in Australia

AC Gist, EK Guymer, LE Eades… - … journal of rheumatic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim High rates of fibromyalgia ( FM ) are reported in rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) patients.
Advances in RA management have occurred, but information regarding current significance of …

[PDF][PDF] The relationship between fibromyalgia, stress and depression

AS Thiagarajah, EK Guymer, M Leech… - International Journal of …, 2014 - researchgate.net
Fibromyalgia is noted for its association with both psychological stress and depression.
However, the precise nature of these relationships remains contentious, as indicated by a large …

The relation of physical comorbidity and multimorbidity to fibromyalgia, widespread pain, and fibromyalgia-related variables

F Wolfe, J Ablin, EK Guymer, GO Littlejohn… - The Journal of …, 2020 - jrheum.org
Objective. To investigate the relation of physical (non-psychological) comorbidity and
multimorbidity to quantitative measures of fibromyalgia (FM) and musculoskeletal pain. Methods. …

Fibromyalgia, mood disorders, cognitive test results, cognitive symptoms and quality of life in systemic lupus erythematosus

S Raghunath, EK Guymer, Y Glikmann-Johnston… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Cognitive dysfunction, and comorbidities such as mood disorder and fibromyalgia,
are common in SLE. This study aims to explore the associations between fibromyalgia, …

Treatment of fatigue in fibromyalgia

EK Guymer, DJ Clauw - Rheumatic Disease Clinics, 2002 - rheumatic.theclinics.com
Fatigue is one of the most prevalent features of fibromyalgia (FM). Between 76% and 81%
of people with fibromyalgia suffer from the symptom of chronic fatigue, and several studies …

GILZ: Glitzing up our understanding of the glucocorticoid receptor in psychopathology

AS Thiagarajah, LE Eades, PR Thomas, EK Guymer… - Brain research, 2014 - Elsevier
Dysfunction of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, particularly the glucocorticoid receptor,
is a commonly implicated link between stress and psychopathology. GR abnormalities …

Is there a role for opioids in the treatment of fibromyalgia?

GO Littlejohn, EK Guymer, GS Ngian - Pain management, 2016 - Future Medicine
The use of opioids for chronic pain has increased significantly due to a combination of the
high patient burden of pain and the more widespread availability of a range of long-acting …

All-cause and cause-specific mortality in persons with fibromyalgia and widespread pain: An observational study in 35,248 persons with rheumatoid arthritis, non …

…, R Diab, EK Guymer, GO Littlejohn, K Michaud… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Studies of the relation of fibromyalgia (FM) and widespread pain (WSP) to mortality
have differed as to the presence or absence of an association and the extent of cause-…

Fibromyalgia syndrome: which antidepressant drug should we choose

GO Littlejohn, EK Guymer - Current pharmaceutical design, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Fibromyalgia syndrome [FM] has core clinical features of widespread pain and widespread
abnormal tenderness. The specific cause of the altered neurophysiology that underpins …