Fibromyalgia – The Prevention

Fibromyalgia, according to the American College of Rheumatology 1990 Criteria for the Classification of Fibromyalgia in the newly proposed criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia are 1) widespread pain in combination with 2) tenderness at 11 or more of the 18 specific tender point sites(a) as a result in responding to pressure.
1. Vitamin D 
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with anxiety and depression in fibromyalgia. In a study of Seventy-five Caucasian patients who fulfilled the ACR criteria for fibromyalgia had serum vitamin D levels measured and completed the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression showed that Vitamin D deficiency is common in fibromyalgia and occurs more frequently in patients with anxiety and depression. The nature and direction of the causal relationship remains unclear, but there are definite implications for long-term bone health(23).
2. Omega 3 fatty acid
In the study to investigate and report on patients with neuropathic pain who responded to treatment with omega-3 fatty acids, five patients with different underlying diagnoses including cervical radiculopathy, thoracic outlet syndrome, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, burn injury were treated with high oral doses of omega 3 fish oil (varying from 2400-7200 mg/day of EPA-DHA), found thatthese patients had clinically significant pain reduction, improved function as documented with both subjective and objective outcome measures up to as much as 19 months after treatment initiation. No serious adverse effects were reported(24).
3. Caffeine
In a study of forty-three of fifty-eight (74.1%) female patients with fibromyalgia completed an eight-week treatment period testing the combination of carisoprodol, paracetamol (acetaminophen) and caffeine versus placebo, found that the combination of carisoprodol and paracetamol (acetaminophen) and caffeine are effective in the treatment of fibromyalgia(25).
4. Coenzyme Q10 
CoQ10 treatment restored mitochondrial dysfunction and the mtDNA copy number, decreased oxidative stress, and increased mitochondrial biogenesis. The results suggest that CoQ10 could be an alternative therapeutic approach for FM(26).

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(a) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2306288
(23) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16850115
(24) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20090445
(25) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2667860
(26) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22898267