Fibromyalgia..The Nouveau Womens Condition

A woman experiences an ache(s) or pain uncommon to her body. She automatically assumes it is Fibromyalgia because the newest commercial on television says so. She runs to her physician for the drug Lyrica after self diagnosis per the information publicly given by the media.

Guess which drug is illegal? / One deadens nerves, barely works, has foul side effects. The other helps you feel God

Why is the FDA more concerned with Pharmaceutical Company Profits than with the Health and Safety of the citizens? No matter. After years of doubt as to its effectiveness (and fibromyalgia's existence), Lyrica has been approved, and fibromyalgia has been more or less legitimized.

Drug Approved. Is Disease Real? - New York Times

For patient advocacy groups and doctors who specialize in fibromyalgia, the Lyrica approval is a milestone. They say they hope Lyrica and two other drugs that may be approved this year will legitimize fibromyalgia, just as Prozac brought depression into the mainstream.

Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?

Fibromyalgia is a real disease. Or so says Pfizer in a new television advertising campaign for Lyrica, the first medicine approved to treat the pain condition, whose very existence is questioned by some doctors.