Neuropeptides CRH, SP, HK-1, and Inflammatory Cytokines IL-6 and TNF Are Increased in Serum of Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome, Implicating Mast Cells
Mast cells, immune system
Effect of Steroids on Patients With Fibromyalgia/Chromic Widespread Pain: An Observational Study
Although my hypothyroidism is NOT autoimmune in origin, prednisolone eliminates my stiffness and pain.
Fibromyalgia likely the result of autoimmune problems
This article has quotes about the famous mouse-fibromyalgia -antibody study from the researchers, including Andreas Goebel.
Fibromyalgia patients with elevated levels of... : PAIN
Fibromyalgia patients have elevated IgG antibodies; the higher the amount, the more severe the symptoms.
Is Fibromyalgia An Autoimmune Disease? - Neuragenex
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The widespread myofascial pain of fibromyalgia is sympathetically maintained and immune mediated
Summary of what might really be causing fibromyalgia?
Prednisone helping fibromyalgia pain
In my case, personally speaking, prednisone gets rid of the pain.
Research shows fibromyalgia is likely a condition of the immune system
New research has shown that many fibromyalgia symptoms are caused by antibodies that increase the activity of pain-sensing nerves throughout the body.
What your doctor DOESN'T know about fibromyalgia pain is hurting you!
Immune system, sympathetic nervous system and myofascial abnormalities
Brain glial activation in fibromyalgia – A multi-site positron emission tomography investigation
More evidence suggesting autoimmune component in fibromyalgia
Cetirizine and allopurinol as novel weapons against cellular autoimmune disorders - PubMed
Some people with autoimmune diseases take cetirizine
Modafinil goes well beyond addressing fatigue.
I take Nuvigil (armodafinil) which is an isomer of Provigil (modafinil), which was shown to reduce neuroinflammation. Nuvigil takes away a lot of my pain.
Modulating the immune response with the wake-promoting drug modafinil: A potential therapeutic approach for inflammatory disorders - PubMed
This would explain why the isomer of modafinil that I take, armodafinil, greatly reduces my pain
Caffeine and Modafinil Ameliorate the Neuroinflammation and Anxious Behavior in Rats during Sleep Deprivation by Inhibiting the Microglia Activation
Neuroinflammation being a factor, plus modafinil use. In my case, armodafinil works well for pain (Nuvigil).
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Is Fibromyalgia an Autoimmune Disease?
It has an autoimmune component. "that several autoantibodies were unusually high in people with FM"
Immunometabolic modulatory role of naltrexone in micro glial cells
Suggests fibromyalgia has An autoimmune component