Treatment The overwhelming consensus of my research on fibromyalgia is treatment must include managing yourself. One cannot expect to find or give a quick procedure, potion or pill which will subdue this illness. No one method seems to be greatly superior to any other. Dr. Nardella gave an open and honest assessment of this in his presentation on fibromyalgia. Individual body chemistries react differently to medications.
Some physicians prefer to use antidepressants as a treatment.
Dr. Nardella cautions that antidepressants are complicated and affect a host of neuro-transmitters. The exact effect of any one of them is unknowable. The direct injections of corticosteroids into tender and trigger points is another application of drug therapy. Muscle relaxants have been used successfully. There is an entire discipline of treatment known as physiatry, which uses physical therapy in a detailed program to treat chronic pain.