Since its launch in November 2008, our PatientsLikeMe Fibromyalgia Community has served as a place for more than 11,000 fibromyalgia patients to share with, find, and learn from others. Over the past 2 years, thousands of you have reported using Pfizer’s Lyrica® and Eli Lilly’s Cymbalta® as prescribed treatments for your fibromyalgia. PatientsLikeMe recently analyzed… Continue reading Treat Us Right: Comparing Cymbalta and Lyrica in the Fibromyalgia Community
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PatientsLikeMe at Health 2.0: Paths to Insight
Last month, I spoke once again at the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco. The video of my presentation is now online. Here’s a snapshot of what I covered in the 6-minute talk: As I note in my presentation, there are a lot of caveats to what I have up on the screen. We as… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe at Health 2.0: Paths to Insight
Introducing: Voices of Fibromyalgia
You raised your voice, we listened. Today we launch our newest community: Fibromyalgia. This is the first in our special blog series, Voices of Fibromyalgia. The impact of the disease on people’s lives can be enormous. People often have difficulty completing even the easiest of tasks during the painful episodes, while the fatigue can also… Continue reading Introducing: Voices of Fibromyalgia