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ACR: Drug Brings Relief Long-Term in Fibromyalgia (CME/CE)

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    CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Milnacipran (Savella), a selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, brought long-term relief to fibromyalgia patients who remained on therapy, researchers said here...

    ACR: Drug Brings Relief Long-Term in Fibromyalgia (CME/CE) (click here for the full article at MedPage Today)

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    Default Re: ACR: Drug Brings Relief Long-Term in Fibromyalgia (CME/CE)

    just recently started seeing pts on that... not enough to make a judgment. hard to say which of them has fibro either... but that's another story!
    non-surgeon MD in the US - but laid up no longer!!!
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