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FIBROMYALGIA

Fibromyalgia is a clinical syndrome wherein the patient experiences generalized pain and fatigue that cannot be explained by the presence of any other disorder.
It is often considered to be psychosomatic or psychogenic in nature.
It is found in approximately 2% of the population and the prevalence increases with age, most common in women 20-55 year of age

Fibromyalgia Drug Information

Drug Information

Indication: Neuropathic pain in adults. Adjunctive therapy in adults w/ partial seizures w/ or w/o secondary generalisatio...

Indication: Adjunctive therapy in treatment of partial seizures w/ & w/o secondary generalization in adults & chil...

Indication: Signs & symptoms of advanced idiopathic Parkinson's disease as monotherapy or in combination w/ levodopa. ...

Indication: Signs & symptoms of advanced idiopathic Parkinson's disease as monotherapy or in combination w/ levodopa.

Indication: Moderate to severe pain.

Indication: Moderate to severe pain.

Indication: Severe acute & chronic pain. Painful diagnostic or therapeutic measures.

Indication: Moderate to severe acute & chronic pain & in painful diagnostic measure & surgery.

Indication: Major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder. Management of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain.

Indication: Depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

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