Fibromyalgia in Primary Care: What You Need to Know Now!
Practical Applications for Patient Care

Patients with fibromyalgia (FM) need help now because symptoms can significantly affect their ability to carry out daily activities and impair their quality of life. Even though no cure exists, effective treatments are available. Rheumatologists are responsible for approximately 42% of the diagnoses of FM, but provide ongoing care for fewer than 20% of diagnosed patients. Primary care physicians diagnose a significant portion of
FM patients, and experts have recommended primary care as the most appropriate specialty to assume their management. Therefore, it is important to recognize this disorder early in order to provide appropriate care and reduce unnecessary health care.

This activity has been designed to provide knowledge, skills, and tools to diagnose FM and confounding conditions, and to formulate treatment plans to address a patient’s symptoms utilizing the full range of evidence-based therapeutic options.