Originally Posted by
surgeonstone
No reputable doctor puts fms patients on narcotics. Basic rule of thumb, never use narcotics for chronic pain.
In my 8 years in healthcare, this is pretty much as far off the mark as you can get from reality... particularly the second part, maybe not so much the first.
Also, its easy to get a diagnosis of FM, but basically impossible to 'take it away'. The diagnosis is completely subjective.
"To meet the fibromyalgia criteria for diagnosis, patients must have:
A. Widespread pain in all four quadrants of the body for a minimum of three months
B. At least 11 of the 18 specified tender points"