Sunday, February 08, 2009

Drugmakers' push boosts 'murky' ailment

Drugmakers' push boosts 'murky' ailment
"Two drugmakers spent hundreds of millions of dollars last year to raise awareness of a murky illness, helping boost sales of pills recently approved as treatments and drowning out unresolved questions - including whether it's a real disease at all.

Key components of the industry-funded buzz over the pain-and-fatigue ailment fibromyalgia are grants"

EVERY doctor I've spoken to says this is a totally bogus "ailment".

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