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			<title><![CDATA[ Shame, shame, shame on the Big Pharmaceutical Companies!!! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Here is an article that appeared today in the Bloomberg Press.  It is scary and shocking to see what the BIG pharmaceutical companies are doing!  They have
been marketing drugs for diseases that the drugs were never intended for.  These drugs were never tested to see if they are efficient or safe for treating
these diseases!  The pharmaceutical companies are making BILLIONS of dollars on some of these drugs, so when the government takes them to court and fines them
a few million dollars, its... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:32:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ positive or a negative person ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Do you think people around you think that you are a positive or a negative person living with your chronic pain ?
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Do you think the impression you give is the truth about how you feel?
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:16:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Not feeling well- went to doctor today ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <font size="4">I started with what I thought was a head cold on Monday, but the congestion and coughing got worse so today I went to my doctor and I have a
nasty upper respiratory infection for which he put me on Keflex for 10 days.  I am hoping I feel better by Saturday as we are leaving for Florida early
Saturday to go down to visit my parents.  This is their last year of going south for the winter and they are selling out.  My dad at age 84  is just getting
too old to drive that far.  We... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:55:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Virus linked to CFS- but is history repeating itself? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <h2><a id="CFS" name="CFS"></a>Virus Linked to CFS</h2>

<h3><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">but is history repeating itself?</span></h3>

<p>Earlier this month, a relatively new retrovirus called XMRV was reported to be found in 68 percent of 101 chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) blood samples,
while the viral infection was detected in only 3.7 percent of 218 healthy controls. Scientists at the Whittemore Peterson Institute in Reno, NV, whose medical
director is <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Afraid to Stop Taking Pain Pills ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;ve read some posts lately about how some of you only take pain pills occasionally when the pain is super bad.  I take my pain pills faithfully EVERY day
and have been now for 10 years or so.  It has really made me think.  Of course, none of us knows how much pain others feel in comparison to our own pain, but I
am probably one of the few lucky ones whose pain is not incapacitating.  It is making me feel like a big wimp.  As you can probably tell from my posts, I am
pretty active and... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:03:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ How to cope with losing mobility? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Does anyone have advice on how to mentally adjust to not being able to walk anymore? The pain in my feet, ankles, legs is so bad I can&#39;t leave my home
anymore. The only walking I can do is stumbling to and from the bathroom in a lot of pain. Wheelchair isn&#39;t a option because I can&#39;t sit....
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How do you stay happy and keep busy if you can&#39;t leave your home or are bedridden?
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ depresssion and diet ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This from the BBC health section today: Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests. What is more, people who ate
plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University College London team found. Data on diet among 3,500 middle-aged
civil servants was compared with depression five years later, the British Journal of Psychiatry reported. The team said the study was the first to look at the
UK diet and... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:45:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Savella: navigating side effects and signs of trouble ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p><font size="4">From the October issue of <u>The Fibromyalgia Network Newsletter</u>: 
<br>
<br>
&quot;1.  <strong><u>Nausea</u>-</strong>Savella is best taken on a full stomach.  Still, the nausea may persist.  &#39;Some patients have found that they get
a benefit from the drug at 25 mg twice daily with less nause,&#39; says Dr. Kevin Hackshaw, of Ohio State University.  &#39;Although these patients may get
more efficacy at 50 or 100 mg twic daily, they are unable to tolerate the degree of... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:33:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Xyrem (sodium oxybutate) for sleep/pain in fibromyalgia ]]></title>
			<link>http://sunshine35446.yuku.com/topic/15845/t/Xyrem-sodium-oxybutate-for-sleep-pain-in-fibromyalgia.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Note the numbers are not big, but :
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<a target="_blank" href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/711393?src=mpnews&amp;spon=34&amp;uac=134014MK">http://www.medscape.com/v...spon=34&amp;uac=134014MK</a>
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INFORMATION FROM INDUSTRY
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ISENTRESS® (raltegravir) Tablets
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Review efficacy data and safety profile.
<br>
Important Selected Safety Information
<br>
Prescribing Information
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October 27, 2009 (Phoenix, Arizona) - Sodium oxybate (Xyrem, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.), a... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:52:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Savella:how it works,, what you should know, can it help you? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p><font size="4">From the October issue of <u>The Fibromyalgia Network Newsletter:
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<br></u>&quot; Savella works in the central nervous system to increase norepinephrine (NE) and serotonin at the nerve junction.  It&#39;s in the same class as
Cymbalta, a dual NE and serotonin reuptake inhibitor.  Basically, these drugs allow NE and serotonin to remain available at the nerve junction to be reused. 
Savella is believed to exert three times the amount of action on NE compared to serotonin... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:26:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 6 month rheumy visit ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Well still @ 202 so no weight gain!trp injection in right shoulderi don&#39;t remember it hurting this long afterwards the last time.I may try to get to a
lupus support group meeting.I was slightly reprimanded for stopping excercise since Mama has been ill.I will try to fit in before work I think.not gonna stop
lyrica;it does so much. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:26:18 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Experts: Key Drug Facts Often Left Off FDA Labels ]]></title>
			<link>http://sunshine35446.yuku.com/topic/15806/t/Experts-Key-Drug-Facts-Often-Left-Off-FDA-Labels.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <p>Experts: Key Drug Facts Often Left off FDA Labels
<br>
October 22, 2009
<br>
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Did you know that Lunesta will help you fall asleep just 15 minutes faster? Or that a higher dose of the osteoporosis drug Zometa could
damage a cancer patient&#39;s kidneys and raise their risk of death?</p>

<p>Chances are you didn&#39;t, and neither did your doctor. Much of what the Food and Drug Administration knows about a drug&#39;s safety and effectiveness is
not included on the label,... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:45:55 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Mama back in hospital- home now ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I knew she was getting worse.I just didn&#39;t post .I will keep yall informed.update!more meds.peecocet,neuro she is scheduled to see on ninth- refused to
come to hospital even tho his office said he would.er Dr called him a jerk! <img src="http://www.fms-cfsfriends.com/board4/rof.gif"> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:17:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 2009 H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Situation Update in the US ]]></title>
			<link>http://sunshine35446.yuku.com/topic/15800/t/2009-H1N1-Flu-Swine-Flu-Situation-Update-in-the-US.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1FLU/">http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1FLU/</a>
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  <h3 style="MARGIN-TOP: -2px">Situation Update</h3>

  <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/update.htm"><img style="MARGIN: 5px 0px 20px" height="90" alt="Map of flu activity in the U.S. for week ending October 17, 2009. Click to view the full Situation Update."... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:54:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Two sides of the same coin... ]]></title>
			<link>http://sunshine35446.yuku.com/topic/15792/t/Two-sides-of-the-same-coin-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;serif&amp;#39;; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">I
believe that depression and anxiety are on the two sides of the same coin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> Depression can cause anxiety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> Anxiety can cause depression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> My very rare medical condition, short bowel syndrome, causes
fatigue... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:25:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Parkerson and hubby ]]></title>
			<link>http://sunshine35446.yuku.com/topic/15770/t/Parkerson-and-hubby.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Well yesterday was the good and bad day with long hard day. We went to hospital 2 hours away to see neuro and head  hearing Doc.. Just like I said thank you
all for prayers he has no Parkinson&#39;s . he had crystales displaced in ear from inter ear infection. hie balances problem. when he was in hospital for heart
and bled so much he had to stay in house for 3 months and wak slowly, this messed up his gate and they can fix it. Hand shaken is a bit more tricky it due to a
nerve balance from... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (glo)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:20:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Some medications that can cause nutritional deficiencies ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From the book <u>Treating and Beating Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome</u> by Dr. Rodger H. Murphree:
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<br>
&quot;<strong>ACE inhibitors (Accupril, Aceon, Altace, Capoten, Lexxel, Lotensin, Mavik, Monopril, Lisinopril, Prinivil, Tarka, Univasc)</strong>- deplete zinc
<br>
<strong>Acid reducers (Prevacid, Prilosec, Nexium, Aciplex)</strong>- deplete B12 and calcium
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<strong>Antibiotics</strong>- deplete Lactobaccillus acidophilus, Bifidobacteria bifidum, and other good... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:10:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ doc not wishy-washy... ]]></title>
			<link>http://sunshine35446.yuku.com/topic/15733/t/doc-not-wishy-washy-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;serif&amp;#39;; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">I
have a new Internist doctor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> She is awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> Our first meeting was a bit
scratchy for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> The large clinic she is at is a satellite of a large hospital with many centers around the metro
area.<span... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:45:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Intravenous Lidocaine ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Has anyone had this treatment? It is being used for neuropathic pain as well as fibromyalgia. It was offered to me by a pain doctor as an alternative to nerve
blocks (which they&#39;re unwilling to do). They would first do a test to see if it helps, I would have the Lidocaine put in my arm for 20 minutes and it would
circulate throughout my whole body. If it gives me pain relief I suppose they would then schedule me for more of the treatments. It does sound a bit
frightening to me though,... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:32:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Chronic Fatigue Cover-Up ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Read this article from today&#39;s New York Times.  This is amazing.  I don&#39;t have CFS, but for those of you who do, this information is very important. 
The fact that The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been funneling millions meant for research on this disease into other pet projects should make
you sad and angry!!! 
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  Op-Ed Contributor
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<h1>A Case of Chronic Denial</h1>

<div class="byline">
  By HILLARY JOHNSON
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:59:32 GMT</pubDate>
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