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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 because your test results are normal. 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...

Years ago, when we first put up this website many doctors didn't believe in fibromyalgia. Patients faced a daunting journey at odds with doctors, families, employers and insurance companies. But now that big pharmaceutical companies have discovered that chronic illnesses are lucrative those words suddenly seem archaic. Everyone knows fibromyalgia exists because it's advertised on television and in magazines. Lyrica, Cymbalta, and now Savella look good until you read the small print or until you try one and it doesn't agree with you. Then you realize these are just three new potent drugs that may or may not relieve some of your symptoms while altering the chemistry of your brain.  Not to mention carrying risks of side effects including weight gain, fatigue, hair loss, headaches and thinning of your bones. If you live in Europe these drugs may not even be on the market because their performance didn't outweigh their risks in studies.

What's lost in all this commotion is that none of these expensive new compounds actually treats fibromyalgia.  They simply change the way you perceive your symptoms and their side effects often require other medications to counteract them.  In 2009, the accepted regimen for fibromyalgia is a balancing act of polypharmacy while the disease continues to get worse and eventually breaks through.  Many patients cannot afford or tolerate these new medications, and 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 to actually reverse fibromyalgia. As time goes by you will need fewer medications, not more. We have walked in your shoes. We have fibromyalgia too. The protocol we've used to get well is here on this website free of charge. 

Our mission is to provide educational materials based on a lifetime of work by R. Paul St. Amand, M.D.  We strive to increase knowledge, reduce your frustration and most importantly, to help you. Your quality of life is extremely important to us.

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 is on the upper right side of this site.  Two more papers are currently being prepared.  We continue to raise money to fund this important research being done at The City of Hope in Duarte, CA.

 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:

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

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