Stanford University researchers have proven in a study that a low dose of the drug Naltrexone helped lessen the severity of fibromyalgia symptoms in patients, and increased their tolerance for pain and hot temperatures.
Naltrexone is an inexpensive drug that has been used to treat opioid addiction for the past 30 years.
Jarred Younger, PhD, and Sean Mackey, MD, PhD tested Naltrexone on 10 women who had been suffering from fibromyalgia for an average of ten years. Six out of the ten responded to the medication with a 30% decrease in severity of their symptoms. Side effects included having vivid dreams, insomnia and transient nausea but these were reported to be mild and brief.
Because of the positive results of the study, further testing will be done on 30 other fibromyalgia patients for 16 weeks.
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