A Case-Control Study of Metabolic Therapy for Fibromyalgia
| Autor: | John C. Lowe, Alan J. Reichman, Jackie Yellin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
endocrine system diseases business.industry Rehabilitation Thyroid Case-control study Central hypothyroid medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Time frame Internal medicine Fibromyalgia medicine Physical therapy Euthyroid business Insurance coverage Metabolic therapy |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Bulletin of Myofascial Therapy. 3:23-24 |
| ISSN: | 1089-4195 |
| DOI: | 10.1300/j425v03n01_03 |
| Popis: | The long-term effectiveness of metabolic therapy for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) involving the use of exogenous thyroid honnone was evaluated. Twenty treated FMS patients were compared with 20 matched evaluated but non-treated FMS patients. Treated patients successfully underwent metabolic therapy and were released as significantly improved or recovered between 1991 and 1995. Untreated patients were evaluated during this same time frame, but were not able to undergo treatment because of insufficient or absent insurance coverage. Patients were contacted by mail; they each filled out and returned a questionnaire with forms used to evaluate FMS status. Treated patients were matched with untreated patients based on time since initial evaluation, sex, and thyroid status. In each group, 10 (50%) patients had been classified as euthyroid, 6 (30%) as primary hypothy-roid, and 4 (20%) as central hypothyroid. Of treated patients, all but 1 euthyroid patient used T3, and all but 1 hypothyroid patient used T... |
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