Anti-Depressants vs Physiotherapy in Management of Fibromyalgia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2008-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To compare the efficacy of physiotherapy and anti-depressants in disability reduction in patients of Fibromyalgia syndrome.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
• Treatments: Amitriptyline; Amitriptyline, perphenazine drug combination; Antidepressive Agents

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient's between 18-60 yrs, belonging to either sex. With symptoms of chronic muscular pain of at least 12 weeks (that may or may not be consecutive) who fulfill the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients of age group more than 60 yrs and below 18 years

• Pregnant or lactating females.

• Patients with a history of trauma.

• Patients with severe co morbid illness which prevents physical activity (for example, cardiovascular problems)

• Patients with the presence of specific medical disorders which require immediate treatment (for example, fractures, infectious diseases),

• Patients with associated neurological abnormality