These higher insulin surges probably account for lowered serum levels of several amino acids as well as serotonin. Thus, the more patients yield to sugar-craving, the more confusing and intense is the interplay of hypoglycemia and fibromyalgia. Though highly theoretical, there are facts in this paper. Guaifenesin has proven our most effective medication to date. Any source of salicylate will block guaifenesin's benefit at a renal, tubular level as it does in gout.
All plants make varying amounts of salicylate.
Salicylates are readily absorbed through skin. Even small amounts in cosmetics and other topicals will negate or slow the effects of all agents we have used. We have many maps made during treatment that illustrate lesions becoming static or worsening in previously improving patients who, unwittingly, began using such preparations. Once warned, some patients find that over one-half of their usual skin preparations could have been deleterious. Susceptibility to blockade seems genetically determined and highly variable.