@article{cf6017348db04fac9b935b64c57ce8db,
title = "Fibromyalgia position paper",
abstract = "Fibromyalgia syndrome is one of the most common causes of chronic widespread pain, but pain accompanies a wide range of ancillary symptoms. To date, its aetiopathogenesis remains elusive, and diagnosis is exquisitely clinical, due to the lack of biomarkers or specific laboratory alterations in fibromyalgia patients. This position paper has the purpose to summarise the current scientific knowledge and expert opinions about the main controversies regarding fibromyalgia syndrome, namely: (i) fibromyalgia definition and why it is still not recognised in many countries as a distinct clinical entity; (ii) fibromyalgia severity and how to evaluate treatment outcome; (iii) how to treat fibromyalgia and which is a correct approach to fibromyalgia patients.",
keywords = "Chronic pain, Diagnosis, Expert opinion, Fibromyalgia, Quality of life, Treatment",
author = "P. Sarzi-Puttini and V. Giorgi and F. Atzeni and R. Gorla and E. Kosek and Choy, {E. H.} and L. Bazzichi and W. H{\"a}user and Ablin, {J. N.} and V. Aloush and D. Buskila and H. Amital and {Da Silva}, {J. A.P.} and S. Perrot and B. Morlion and E. Polati and V. Schweiger and S. Coaccioli and G. Varrassi and {Di Franco}, M. and R. Torta and {{\O}ien Forseth}, {K. M.} and K. Mannerkorpi and F. Salaffi and {Di Carlo}, M. and G. Cassisi and A. Batticciotto",
note = "Funding Information: E. Kosek reports personal fees for consulting/lecturing from Eli Lilly, Sandoz, UCB Pharma, outside the submitted work. E. Choy has received research grants from Bio-Cancer, Biogen, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi and UCB, consultancy from AbbVie, Amgen, Biogen, Biocon, Chugai Pharma, Eli Lilly, Gilead, Janssen, Merck Serono, Novartis, Pfizer, Regeneron, Roche, R Pharm and Sanofi, speakers fee from AbbVie, Amgen, BMS, Chugai Pharma, Eli Lilly, Galapagos, Gilead, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, Re-generon, Roche, Sanofi and UCB. W. H{\"a}user has received royalties for a CD with medical hypnosis for fibromyalgia by Hypnos Publishers. J.A.P. da Silva is the owner of of www.fibromyalgia.org, a website dedicated to the support of patients with fibromyalgia. B. Morlion has served as a consultant for Reckitt-Benekiser, Grunenthal, Pfizer, GSK, and as a speaker for Grunenthal, Krka, GSK Belgium. The other authors have declared no competing interests. Funding Information: We would like to thank the European Network of Fibromyalgia Associations (ENFA) and the Italian Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association (AISF) for the support and help in this work. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Copyright CliniCal and ExpErimEntal rhEumatology 2021.",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
volume = "39",
journal = "Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology",
issn = "0392-856X",
publisher = "Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology S.A.S.",
number = "3",
}