Author Archives: wames

Open‐label study with the monoamine stabilizer (‐)‐OSU6162 [drug] in ME/CFS

Open‐label study with the monoamine stabilizer (‐)‐OSU6162 in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome, by Sara Haghighi, Sara Forsmark, Olof Zachrisson, Arvid Carlsson, Marie K L Nilsson, Maria L Carlsson, Robert C Schuit, Carl‐Gerhard Gottfries in Brain and Behavior, 02 February … Continue reading

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Diagnostic & pharmacological potency of Creatine in Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome

Diagnostic and pharmacological potency of creatine in Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome by  Sergej M. Ostojic in Nutrients 2021, 13(2), 503; [doi.org/10.3390/nu13020503] (This article belongs to the Special Issue Creatine Supplementation for Health and Clinical Diseases)   Review abstract Post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) … Continue reading

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Chronic COVID-19 Syndrome & ME/CFS following the first pandemic wave in Germany

Chronic COVID-19 Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) following the first pandemic wave in Germany – a first analysis of a prospective observational study, n medRxiv 2021.02.06.21249256 [doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.06.21249256]  This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed   Research … Continue reading

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Long COVID – we’ve been here before

British Medical Association news:  Long COVID – we’ve been here before by Jennifer Trueland, 12 February 2021   Long COVID is a new condition, but those who have endured years of ME/CFS can share their common experience – and a … Continue reading

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Young and exhausted – dysfunctional breathing

Young and exhausted, by Filip Olekšák, Peter Ďurdík, Ľubica Jakušová, Tomáš Turčan, Peter Bánovčin in Advances in Respiratory Medicine 2021, vol. 89, no. 1, pages 1-4   Letter to the editors extracts: Dysfunctional breathing (DB) is highly prevalent and is … Continue reading

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The challenges of chronic pain & fatigue [for clinicians]

The challenges of chronic pain and fatigue, by Jessica A Eccles and Kevin A Davies in Clin Med January 2021 [doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-1009]   Review abstract: In this review, we explore the challenges of chronic pain and fatigue in clinical practice. Both … Continue reading

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Experiences of living with severe CFS/ME

Experiences of living with severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, by  Victoria Strassheim, Julia L Newton and Tracy Collins in Healthcare 2021, 9(2), 168 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9020168] (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS – the Severely and Very Severely Affected)   Research … Continue reading

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All in your head? Brain research in ME/CFS

ME Research UK blog post: All in your head? Brain research in ME/CFS,  8 February 2021   Following last week’s introduction to the brain, here is an overview of some of the brain research conducted in ME/CFS in recent years, … Continue reading

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In memoriam: Derryan Paul 2021

Dr Elizabeth Derryan Paul d. 2021   Past members of the Mid & West Wales ME Group (MWWMEG) will be sorry to hear about the death of Derryan Paul on Monday 8th February 2021. Derryan had ME for many years … Continue reading

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Off label use of Aripiprazole shows promise as a treatment for ME/CFS

Off label use of Aripiprazole shows promise as a treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): a retrospective study of 101 patients treated with a low dose of Aripiprazole, by LD Crosby, S Kalanidhi, A Bonilla, A Subramanian, JS … Continue reading

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