Re: pantethine and muscle ache?


Don Kirkman wrote:
> It seems to me I heard somewhere that fresh~horses wrote in article
> <1130542001.397437.266850@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> >Don Kirkman wrote:
> >> It seems to me I heard somewhere that Louise wrote in article
> >> <djs0650mho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> >> >about six months ago I stopped taking Crestor and began
> >> >taking pantethine.I did this because I have fibromyalgia and
> >> >I feared that the Crestor was worsening my muscle and tendon
> >> >problems.
>
> >> >In the last month I have been experiencing a great deal of
> >> >muscle and tendon pain and I am writing to check whether it
> >> >is possible that the pantethine could be causing an increase
> >> >in muscle and tendon pain much as the Crestor does?
>
> >> >I know this is probably simply a flareup of the fibromyalgia
> >> >but I wanted to check and see if anyone has ever heard of a
> >> >reaction like this to pantethine.
>
> >> Louise, do you participate in the alt.med.fibromyalgia newsgroup? FMS
> >> is one of a huge family of auto-immune diseases (most of them are the
> >> arthritises) and have a lot in common with each other for diagnosis and
> >> treatment.
>
> >> Some FMS patients also join in alt.support.arthritis, which discusses
> >> matters of treatment and support for the auto-immune diseases.
>
> >> You may want to consider adding one or both of these groups to your
> >> reading since they have experience and information that won't show up in
> >> a cardiology group.
>
> >Do you have a cite for this claim of fibromyalgia as an autoimmune
> >disorder?
>
> Yes, pretty much:
>
> [Begin]
> Fibromyalgia is also associated with certain changes in the immune
> system that resemble changes triggered by the presence of a virus. Such
> virus, however, has not been isolated. Fibromyalgia does not appear to
> be an autoimmune disorder like rheumatoid arthritis or multiple
> sclerosis. However, the levels of certain cytokines, a class of immune
> system hormones, are elevated in people with fibromyalgia. Thus,
> fibromyalgia may be the result of elevated cytokines levels produced by
> an immune system gone out of whack due to deep-sleep disturbances. This
> explanation is by no means proven, and several other good theories
> exist. Fibromyalgia often runs in families, suggesting a genetic
> component. It may lie dormant until triggered by an infection, injury,
> stress or sleep disturbances.
> [End]
> http://www.marrtc.org/conditions/fibromyalgia.html
>
> Note that this is an arthritis treatment and research page.
>
> I used the wrong technical term; fibromyalgia is not an autoimmune
> disorder but it is related to immune system problems. Close enough for
> laymen?
> --
> Don Kirkman


Interesting. The last time I heard a guess on this I was covering a
seminar put on by the university medical school pain management clinic.
Then, FMS was termed a CNS disorder. The clinic used a drugs approach
for treatment. I have personal experience with a different pain
management approach which uses an exercise approach. That clinic also
had FMS clients but they were there to be weaned off the pain meds to
which they'd become addicted, or dependent, but were no longer
diminishing their pain. I saw no successes among that group. Very sad.


Zed
; )

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