b5media.com

Advertise with us

Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Health & Wellness Channel Subscribe to this Feed

Help My Hurt

June 29th, 2008

Yikes - Pfizer’s ad for fibro awareness

I haven’t seen this but I don’t watch a lot of TV, so that’s not surprising. According to the Pharma Marketing Blog, Pfizer has come up with a new way to try to sell more Lyrica. An ad comparing fibromyalgia with being battered.
I really don’t know what to think about this. Read the blog entry, […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

April 17th, 2008

More positive Lyrica news for fibromyalgia

As the debate among people who live with fibromyalgia, as well as the medical community, continues as to whether fibromyalgia is a true disease and whether Lyrica (pregabalin) is helpful (or harmful) therapy, another story has been published about its benefits in treatment regardless of depression or anxiety.
It’s difficult enough to find treatments for diseases […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

March 24th, 2008

Company’s calling - a retired surgeon speaks about his nerve pain

 
This week, we speak with a retired surgeon from the mid-west USA.
 
Can you tell me about when you first started experiencing the pain and what kind of pain it was? What were you told?
I started having arm pain around five years before I had to […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments

January 7th, 2008

Company’s calling - a guest discusses living with pain

Each Monday, I’ll be featuring someone who is living with or has lived with pain. I hope that their stories will help others find hope and, maybe, learn from each other. If you have a story to share, please email me and we can talk about it.
Our first guest is GT from Guelph, Ontario, Canada. […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments