IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Dr. St. Amand, M.D. is Retiring in March 2020.
Dr. St. Amand’s office will be closing as scheduled on March 27, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. UNTIL THEN WE ARE OPEN.
You can reach us by telephone at (310) 577-7510 until 3/27/2020. Dr. St. Amand is continuing to see patients. To schedule an appointment, please call us as soon as possible, as appointments may be limited at the last minute.
Due a surge in the volume of last minute requests for medical records, our office can no longer process new requests for copies. Your medical records are in the process of being stored at: DESERT RIVER SOLUTIONS (480) 577-3150. To receive copies of your records you must contact them via their website: https://desertriversolutions.com/requests/
After 3/27/2020 you can continue to reach Claudia Marek by email at [email protected]. This website and our Facebook group will continue under her supervision along with Dr. St. Amand’s guidance. A link to the Facebook group can be found under ONLINE SUPPORT GROUP.
The doctors to whom Dr. St. Amand is referring patients may be found in the Retirement Flyer PDF file below on this page.
From Dr. St. Amand:
To my patients,
It is with mixed emotions that I am announcing my retirement from active practice, effective March 27, 2020. It has been a great pleasure providing for your health care needs over the years, and it is not easy for me to give it up.
Our website, Facebook page, and support group (accessible via www.fibromyalgiatreatment.com) will remain open and under my and Claudia Marek’s supervision. We will not be able to offer personal medical advice after March 27, 2020 due to liability issues. I regret that I will not be able to answer personal emails from patients after that date.
It is our great hope that patients will be able to continue to manage their fibromyalgia with the information we will be providing. My belief is that most patients are experienced enough to manage that. We do have four physicians available to you who have been trained in the protocol and have personally worked with us. You will find their information on the RETIREMENT FLYER attached below and on our Facebook page.
Your medical records are confidential, and a copy can be transferred to another doctor or released to you or another person you designate only through your express permission. If you choose to see a different physician, please sign an authorization and send it to my office as soon as possible so we may transfer your records to your new doctor. After March 27, 2020, your records will be stored in a records facility. You will still be able to access them and we will post that information as soon as it is available.
R. Paul St. Amand, M.D.
Dr. St. Amand’s office will be closing as scheduled on March 27, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. UNTIL THEN WE ARE OPEN.
You can reach us by telephone at (310) 577-7510 until 3/27/2020. Dr. St. Amand is continuing to see patients. To schedule an appointment, please call us as soon as possible, as appointments may be limited at the last minute.
Due a surge in the volume of last minute requests for medical records, our office can no longer process new requests for copies. Your medical records are in the process of being stored at: DESERT RIVER SOLUTIONS (480) 577-3150. To receive copies of your records you must contact them via their website: https://desertriversolutions.com/requests/
After 3/27/2020 you can continue to reach Claudia Marek by email at [email protected]. This website and our Facebook group will continue under her supervision along with Dr. St. Amand’s guidance. A link to the Facebook group can be found under ONLINE SUPPORT GROUP.
The doctors to whom Dr. St. Amand is referring patients may be found in the Retirement Flyer PDF file below on this page.
From Dr. St. Amand:
To my patients,
It is with mixed emotions that I am announcing my retirement from active practice, effective March 27, 2020. It has been a great pleasure providing for your health care needs over the years, and it is not easy for me to give it up.
Our website, Facebook page, and support group (accessible via www.fibromyalgiatreatment.com) will remain open and under my and Claudia Marek’s supervision. We will not be able to offer personal medical advice after March 27, 2020 due to liability issues. I regret that I will not be able to answer personal emails from patients after that date.
It is our great hope that patients will be able to continue to manage their fibromyalgia with the information we will be providing. My belief is that most patients are experienced enough to manage that. We do have four physicians available to you who have been trained in the protocol and have personally worked with us. You will find their information on the RETIREMENT FLYER attached below and on our Facebook page.
Your medical records are confidential, and a copy can be transferred to another doctor or released to you or another person you designate only through your express permission. If you choose to see a different physician, please sign an authorization and send it to my office as soon as possible so we may transfer your records to your new doctor. After March 27, 2020, your records will be stored in a records facility. You will still be able to access them and we will post that information as soon as it is available.
R. Paul St. Amand, M.D.
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: The Guaifenesin Protocol Support Group has moved to Facebook!
Moving forward, this will be the new location for finding support for Dr. St. Amand's Guaifenesin Protocol.
Moving forward, this will be the new location for finding support for Dr. St. Amand's Guaifenesin Protocol.
Welcome
If you have fibromyalgia you are ill.
You are NOT crazy.
"You may have been told that whatever you have is untreatable or that your symptoms are all in your head. People think you're a hypochondriac and doctors may not want to handle your case. Or you may have been overmedicated by well-intentioned health care providers who wanted desperately to help you. You may be having trouble getting refills for medications that make your life tolerable. You may be in danger of losing your job and your relationships. You may have fallen victim to those who are making billions of dollars a year off those desperately searching for something, anything, that will help..."
When we first put up this website many doctors didn't believe in fibromyalgia. As a result, patients faced a daunting journey at odds with their physicians, families, employers and insurance companies. But now that big pharmaceutical companies have discovered how lucrative chronic illnesses are, things have changed. Now everyone knows fibromyalgia is real because it's advertised on television and in magazines. Lyrica, Cymbalta, and Savella sound great until you read the small print or try one and it doesn't agree with you. Then you realize these "new"* potent drugs relieve some of your symptoms while altering the chemistry of your brain. Not to mention side effects such as weight gain, fatigue, hair loss, headaches and thinning of your bones... If you live in Europe these drugs may not even be available because their performance didn't outweigh their risks in studies.
*("new" is in quotes because none of these drugs are members of a new class, rather they are cousins of existing compounds which by an odd coincidence have recently gone generic)
What's lost in all this commotion is that none of these expensive compounds will actually treat fibromyalgia. They, and earlier medications like them, simply change the way your brain perceives your symptoms. Usually their side effects require other medications to counteract them. So here we are in 2019, and the accepted regimen for fibromyalgia is still a balancing act of polypharmacy while your illness continues to get worse and eventually requires stronger medications. To make a bad situation more dismal, many patients are disabled and simply cannot afford expensive medications, but the truth is that even in the best designed clinical trials their success rate was modest when compared,--not to other drugs--but to sugar pills.
Results are what count. There is hope. We use a simple medication with no side effects that can actually reverse your fibromyalgia. As time goes by, you'll need fewer drugs, not more. We have walked in your shoes. We have fibromyalgia too. Dr. St. Amand is in practice in Los Angeles, California, and is still accepting new patients.
We are not the latest miracle cure.
Treatment of fibromyalgia has become a multi-billion dollar industry and we have no objection to profit. We are often asked why the Fibromyalgia Treatment Center does not manufacture, distribute, or promote any particular brand of guaifenesin for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Simply, our mission is to educate -- based on fifty years of diligent, honest research. We will not risk compromising the integrity of our work with the perception of ulterior motivation.
In 2008 we published a paper showing that some abnormal findings in fibromyalgia were changed by patients taking guaifenesin. The link to that paper can be found here. Two more papers are currently being prepared.
If, after thorough investigation you determine that implementing the guaifenesin protocol is appropriate for you, it is critically important that it be adhered to precisely. We are here to help.
You are NOT crazy.
"You may have been told that whatever you have is untreatable or that your symptoms are all in your head. People think you're a hypochondriac and doctors may not want to handle your case. Or you may have been overmedicated by well-intentioned health care providers who wanted desperately to help you. You may be having trouble getting refills for medications that make your life tolerable. You may be in danger of losing your job and your relationships. You may have fallen victim to those who are making billions of dollars a year off those desperately searching for something, anything, that will help..."
When we first put up this website many doctors didn't believe in fibromyalgia. As a result, patients faced a daunting journey at odds with their physicians, families, employers and insurance companies. But now that big pharmaceutical companies have discovered how lucrative chronic illnesses are, things have changed. Now everyone knows fibromyalgia is real because it's advertised on television and in magazines. Lyrica, Cymbalta, and Savella sound great until you read the small print or try one and it doesn't agree with you. Then you realize these "new"* potent drugs relieve some of your symptoms while altering the chemistry of your brain. Not to mention side effects such as weight gain, fatigue, hair loss, headaches and thinning of your bones... If you live in Europe these drugs may not even be available because their performance didn't outweigh their risks in studies.
*("new" is in quotes because none of these drugs are members of a new class, rather they are cousins of existing compounds which by an odd coincidence have recently gone generic)
What's lost in all this commotion is that none of these expensive compounds will actually treat fibromyalgia. They, and earlier medications like them, simply change the way your brain perceives your symptoms. Usually their side effects require other medications to counteract them. So here we are in 2019, and the accepted regimen for fibromyalgia is still a balancing act of polypharmacy while your illness continues to get worse and eventually requires stronger medications. To make a bad situation more dismal, many patients are disabled and simply cannot afford expensive medications, but the truth is that even in the best designed clinical trials their success rate was modest when compared,--not to other drugs--but to sugar pills.
Results are what count. There is hope. We use a simple medication with no side effects that can actually reverse your fibromyalgia. As time goes by, you'll need fewer drugs, not more. We have walked in your shoes. We have fibromyalgia too. Dr. St. Amand is in practice in Los Angeles, California, and is still accepting new patients.
We are not the latest miracle cure.
Treatment of fibromyalgia has become a multi-billion dollar industry and we have no objection to profit. We are often asked why the Fibromyalgia Treatment Center does not manufacture, distribute, or promote any particular brand of guaifenesin for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Simply, our mission is to educate -- based on fifty years of diligent, honest research. We will not risk compromising the integrity of our work with the perception of ulterior motivation.
In 2008 we published a paper showing that some abnormal findings in fibromyalgia were changed by patients taking guaifenesin. The link to that paper can be found here. Two more papers are currently being prepared.
If, after thorough investigation you determine that implementing the guaifenesin protocol is appropriate for you, it is critically important that it be adhered to precisely. We are here to help.
Now for the legalese:
Sincerely,
The Board of Directors
- This information is not designed as or intended to be used as medical diagnosis or advice. Patients should consult their physicians about diagnosis and treatment.
- The only "official" videotapes, books and DVDs are those available here, and are sold exclusively for the benefit of the nonprofit Fibromyalgia Treatment Center research fund. All the money raised by the sale of these items is 100% donated.
- R. Paul St. Amand, M.D. does not "approve, endorse or recommend" any products, services or reinterpretations of his published works. Only those products and services that have been researched by his staff are included here and are listed as a public service.
Sincerely,
The Board of Directors