Question: How is fibromyalgia viewed by the medical community?
Answer: In the last decade, perhaps no disease has polarized the medical community more than fibromyalgia. There are many practitioners who still consider this disease a psychiatric condition, while others have come to believe that this is vexing organic disease, with multiple faces. Because of medical ambivalence, many patients find it hard to find appropriate treatment. A very balanced article was published (11/30/00) in the New Yorker magazine. I recommend reviewing this article. (Answer provided by the late Dr. Raymond Federman, aka Dr. Bones, who passed away on September 2, 2003. The care of his patients even in retirement was always his joy.)
