Management of Fibromyalgia

Letters20 June 2000Management of FibromyalgiaLawrence J. Cohn, MDLawrence J. Cohn, MDNew York, NY 10021 (Cohn)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-132-12-200006200-00021 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:The essence of a peer-reviewed journal is an unbiased, scientific appraisal of data, vetted by the editors and reviewers. Review articles with therapy recommendations should be held to a higher standard than reporting of scientific experiments is. Therefore, Leventhal's review on fibromyalgia (1) is deeply disturbing. The existence of a definite clinical disease is not the issue. The repeated recommendations for the use of tramadol are.In the review, the efficacy of tramadol in fibromyalgia is supported by five references (references 65 through 69). Only one is from a genuine peer-reviewed journal, and that is an abstract. ...Reference1. Leventhal LJ. Management of fibromyalgia. Ann Intern Med. 1999;131:850-8. LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, NY 10021 (Cohn) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoManagement of Fibromyalgia Lawrence J. Leventhal Management of Fibromyalgia Lawrence J. Leventhal Management of Fibromyalgia Frederick Wolfe Management of Fibromyalgia Arthur Huppert Management of Fibromyalgia Norman Muilenburg Management of Fibromyalgia Hideto Akama Metrics Cited ByFibromyalgia 20 June 2000Volume 132, Issue 12Page: 1005KeywordsDrug addictionDrugsFibromyalgia Issue Published: 20 June 2000 CopyrightCopyright © 2000 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...