Review

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia : The Revolutionary Treatment That Can Reverse The Disease
by R. Paul St. Amand, M.D., Claudia Craig Marek, M.A.

MUSCULAR PAIN
FATIGUE
BLADDER INFECTIONS
INSOMNIA
HYPOGLYCEMIA
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
IRRITABLE BOWEL OR BLADDER SYNDROME
CHRONIC CANDIDIASIS

If you have these symptoms or one of these syndromes you may have fibromyalgia.

Now there is a revolutionary treatment that can reverse the disease.

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. St. Amand, an experienced endocrinologist and UCLA assistant clinical professor, presents his amazing discovery, the result of forty years of research based on his own experience with fibromyalgia and that of hundreds of his patients. This book offers the first effective protocol for reversing this disease: a program that uses guaifenesin, an inexpensive, safe medication available from your doctor. The authors have seen symptoms eliminated and normal living restored in an astonishing 90 percent of the fibromyalgia sufferers they properly treated with guaifenesin. Now you too can discover:

• Why fibromyalgia is often misdiagnosed
  
  
• How you can cope with symptoms before guaifenesin takes full effect
  
  
• The link between fibromyalgia and hypoglycemia > and a plan for controlling your hypoglycemia through diet
  
  
• How, if you are one of the millions who have any of the syndromes listed above, myofascial pain syndrome, vulvar pain syndrome, or chronic interstitial cystitis, this treatment can help you too
  
  
• Guidelines to determine the proper dose of guaifenesin for you and the medications and substances to avoid while you take guaifenesin - and much more.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE FIBROMYALGIA?

Patients suffering from fibromyalgia experience a variety of painful and debilitating symptoms, including chronic fatigue, joint and muscle pain, chronic bladder and vaginal infections, depression, insomnia, and disorientation.

WHAT WERE THE TRADITIONAL REMEDIES?

Recognized as a disease by the World Health Organization in 1993, fibromyalgia has been treated in the past with medications to relieve symptoms, including antidepressants, analgesics, and narcotics. These remedies have not worked for everyone.

WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT GUAIFENESIN?

Guaifenesin is an inexpensive medication used in over-the-counter products for nasal congestion. But in his studies, Dr. St. Amand discovered that this drug, taken in the proper dosage, is the first effective treatment for reversing fibromyalgia > with no known side effects.

WHERE CAN I TURN FOR MORE INFORMATION/AND SUPPORT?

Dr. St. Amand is the country's foremost expert on this subject and is himself a past sufferer of the disease. Drawing on Dr. St. Amand's firsthand experience and filled with the latest research on the subject, this book also offers complete appendices that include Internet user groups and dozens of support organizations for people with fibromyalgia and for those using guaifenesin.

About the Author

R. PAUL ST. AMAND, M.D., is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine. He has been on the teaching staff at the Los Angeles Harbor/UCLA Hospital, Department of Endocrinology for over forty-three years. He is currently an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. St. Amand discovered guaifenesins use as a treatment for fibromyalgia, and his work is cited wherever the substance is mentioned.

CLAUDIA CRAIG MAREK, M.A., is a medical researcher tutored, trained, and taught on the job as Dr. St. Amand's assistant. She has co-written medical papers with Dr. St. Amand and has counseled fibromyalgia patients on the use of guaifenesin for the past seven years. She, too, is a former fibromyalgia patient, and is a leading patient advocate.