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This multi-national and international award winning book was written for the tens of millions of people worldwide who suffer from fibromyalgia and other chronic painful conditions. I believe members of the medical community will also benefit from the book's content. As a Dartmouth Rheumatology Fellowship trained Board Certified Rheumatologist, I have been treating patients with these conditions for over 20 years. The vast majority of my private medical practice consists of patients with fibromyalgia and other chronic painful conditions. Throughout the years (through my patients) I have learned how to medically manage patients who suffer from chronic painful conditions. Even with all of the magnificent advances in medicine, people who suffer from fibromyalgia and other chronic painful conditions remain an under served and disenfranchised component of the medical community. This should not be the case. My philosophy is that nobody should have to suffer and live with chronic pain on a daily basis. This is unnecessary. There are all types of appropriate cost effective medications (generics) which are available to treat all kinds of painful conditions. The problem that patients with chronic painful conditions face is their ability to get to the right type of doctor who will not only embrace their problem, but manage their pain effectively. In my book, I systematically approach the concepts of fibromyalgia, the manifestations of this condition and other chronic painful processes, and I review available medications and their modes of actions. I explain why certain medications should be effective, and why others will not be helpful. I discuss the concept of off-labeling a medication (using a medication beyond its FDA indication) for the management of fibromyalgia and other chronic painful conditions; the key concept to my success in managing these patients throughout the years. I focus on how one needs to begin their journey on finding the right doctor to help them with their problem. There are plenty of physicians, out there, who know how to effectively treat these conditions. This book will help the reader to streamline the process. This is not a how-to book. The reader will become better adept at communicating with their doctor, which will help to facilitate maximal effective pain management.

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Jeffrey B. Loomer, M.D., FACP, FACR, is a Board Certified Rheumatologist, who maintains a demanding private medical practice limited to the management of patients with connective tissue and chronic pain disorders. A large segment of his patient population suffers from fibromyalgia and other chronic painful conditions. His patient population base consists of people living in southern Arizona and some of the surrounding states. He has been in solo private practice in Tucson, Arizona since 1992. Dr. Loomer received his Bachelor of Science Degree from the State University of New York College at Oneonta. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Biomedical Sciences from Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. Dr. Loomer graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. He completed an Internal Medicine Internship at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland and an Internal Medicine Residency at New Britain General Hospital in New Britain, Connecticut. He then went on to complete a two year Rheumatology Fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, New Hampshire. Dr. Loomer is a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Throughout the years, he has been involved with medical education in several different capacities. He was a Clinical Instructor in Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, Medical House Staff Lecturer at Tucson General Hospital, Question Writer for the American Board of Internal Medicine Certification Examination, Peer Review Case Consultant for the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners, Admissions Committee Interviewer for The University of Arizona School of Medicine and has participated on Medical Advisory Boards to several pharmaceutical companies. In addition, Dr. Loomer has given many lectures on fibromyalgia, chronic pain and other rheumatologic conditions to physician groups in Tucson, Phoenix and New Mexico, as well as, local community based general public venues. Dr. Loomer has also worked with The American College of Rheumatology as a Congressional Delegate Patient Advocate in Washington, D.C.

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