{"id":15481,"date":"2024-11-14T14:20:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T19:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/?p=15481"},"modified":"2026-03-12T08:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:59:15","slug":"fact-sheet-traditional-medications-used-to-treat-fibromyalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/fact-sheet-traditional-medications-used-to-treat-fibromyalgia","title":{"rendered":"Fact Sheet &#8211; Traditional Medications Used to Treat Fibromyalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_tabletWide et_flex_column_24_24_widescreen et_flex_column_24_24_ultraWide preset--module--divi-column--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">You can download this Fact Sheet below<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>All new drugs are reviewed by Health Canada before they appear on the market in Canada. They are assessed for their safety, efficacy and quality. Drug products are available by prescription or<br \/>non-prescription. The company supplies extensive scientific data collected over many years on the drug\u2019s efficacy and safety. It takes many years from discovery to market a drug and most discoveries are not successful. Learn about the role of prescription treatments in a comprehensive fibromyalgia care plan, including their benefits, potential side effects, and what to discuss with your healthcare provider.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:shortcode --><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<!-- \/wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:pdfemb\/pdf-embedder-viewer {\"pdfID\":15482,\"url\":\"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FAC-Sheet-Traditional-Medications-EN-.pdf\",\"width\":\"800\",\"toolbar\":\"both\",\"className\":\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"} \/--><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"30px\"} --><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:spacer --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:download-monitor\/download-button {\"download_id\":15495} \/--><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:shortcode --><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<!-- \/wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:shortcode --><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<!-- \/wp:shortcode --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All new drugs are reviewed by Health Canada before they appear on the market in Canada. They are assessed for their safety, efficacy and quality. Drug products are available by prescription or<br \/>\nnon-prescription. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,47,287],"tags":[83,84],"class_list":["post-15481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-highlights","category-fact-sheet","category-sociable","tag-fact-sheet","tag-medications","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}