What Research Shows

Our research study, titled "Effective Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia — the Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study," was published in the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. After decades of hard work by hundreds of researchers in the field, we have progressed to the point where effective treatment is now available for these illnesses! In our study, 91% of patients improved with treatment.

In the average patient, after two years of treatment, the average improvement in quality of life was 90%. Pain decreased by over 50% on average. Many patients no longer even qualified for the diagnosis of CFS or fibromyalgia after treatment! Interestingly, many of the same principles for treating fibromyalgia also apply to myofascial pain syndrome (muscle pain) and to optimizing energy for most people.

In support of our work, an editorial in the April, 2002 journal of a major multidisciplinary medical society for pain management in United States noted "the comprehensive and aggressive metabolic approach to treatment detailed in the Teitelbaum study are all highly successful approaches and make fibromyalgia a very treatment responsive disorder. The study by Dr. Teitelbaum et al and years of clinical experience make this approach an excellent and powerfully effective part of the standard of practice for treatment of people who suffer from fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome."

It is important to recognize that these syndromes can be caused and aggravated by a large number of different triggers. When all these different contributing factors are looked for, and treated effectively, patients improve significantly and often get well!