Fibromyalgia: helping your patient while maintaining your sanity

Prim Care. 2010 Dec;37(4):743-55, vi. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2010.07.007.

Abstract

In caring for the patient with fibromyalgia, the primary care provider benefits from an understanding of fibromyalgia as a distinct entity. Evidence-based diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia can be used in all individuals who present with multiple site pain, fatigue, and poor sleep. Planning therapy for individuals with fibromyalgia often involves using both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment in the primary care setting.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics / therapeutic use
  • Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / therapeutic use
  • Arthralgia / diagnosis
  • Arthralgia / drug therapy
  • Arthralgia / psychology
  • Blood Sedimentation
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Exercise Therapy
  • Fibromyalgia / diagnosis
  • Fibromyalgia / drug therapy*
  • Fibromyalgia / psychology
  • Humans
  • Patient Satisfaction*
  • Physician-Patient Relations*
  • Risk Factors
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic
  • Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors