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I'm reading more about fibromyalgia now. Is it becoming a "real" disease finally?

Fibromyalgia is a disease that is difficult to understand. Because there is no definite test for the illness, it may be hard for a doctor to pinpoint the cause of your symptoms. Unfortunately, for those with fibromyalgia, there also aren't a specific set of symptoms that they can list and say "it's fibromylagia."

That being said, fibromyalgia is being recognized more often now and is receiving attention in the research community.

Reference: 

Winfried Hauser, et al. Treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome with gabapentin and pregabalin - A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. In Pain. September 2009. Vol. 145. Nos. 1-2. Pp. 69 to 81.

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