Fibromyalgia Awareness Week  – UK Sept 8-15 

This week is Fibromyalgia Awareness Week and as support groups up and down the country gather to gain more recognition of the condition it has been revealed that Dr Kim Lawson, a senior lecturer in pharmacology at the university, has put forward a submission to NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence), in collaboration with the Fibromyalgia Association UK, for the development of diagnostic and treatment guidelines.

Currently there is no cure for fibromyalgia, which is thought to affect up to four per cent of the population, and treating patients leads to high costs not only for the NHS but also for sufferers who are forced to go private for some treatments. [continue reading…]