Roberto Ezequiel Heymann, Marcelo Cruz Rezende, Eduardo Dos Santos Paiva, Marcos Renato de Assis, Alessandra de Sousa Braz, Aline Ranzolin, Ana Paula Monteiro Gomides Reis, Andrea Pimentel Fonseca Golmia, Anna Beatriz Assad Maia, Denison Santos Silva, Fernando Augusto Chiuchetta, Gabriela Galassi, Izabela Guimarães, José Eduardo Martinez, José Roberto Provenza, Juliana Maria de Freitas Trindade Costa, Marcos Paulo Veloso Correia, Marco Antônio Gonçalves Pontes Filho, Marco Aurelio Goldenfum, Marcos Aurelio de Freitas Machado, Melissa Mariti Fraga, Nilton Salles Rosa Neto, Rafael Navarrete Fernandez
{"title":"Review of fibromyalgia treatment guidelines: part 2 - pharmacological treatment.","authors":"Roberto Ezequiel Heymann, Marcelo Cruz Rezende, Eduardo Dos Santos Paiva, Marcos Renato de Assis, Alessandra de Sousa Braz, Aline Ranzolin, Ana Paula Monteiro Gomides Reis, Andrea Pimentel Fonseca Golmia, Anna Beatriz Assad Maia, Denison Santos Silva, Fernando Augusto Chiuchetta, Gabriela Galassi, Izabela Guimarães, José Eduardo Martinez, José Roberto Provenza, Juliana Maria de Freitas Trindade Costa, Marcos Paulo Veloso Correia, Marco Antônio Gonçalves Pontes Filho, Marco Aurelio Goldenfum, Marcos Aurelio de Freitas Machado, Melissa Mariti Fraga, Nilton Salles Rosa Neto, Rafael Navarrete Fernandez","doi":"10.1186/s42358-025-00483-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fibromyalgia is a complex condition characterized by widespread chronic pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbances, which significantly affect quality of life. Its pathophysiology involves central sensitization (CS) and changes in neurotransmitters. Management is challenging and requires a multidisciplinary approach that integrates pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments. This consensus, which is based on the BASCE system, presents updated guidelines for drug and nondrug treatments. The methodology focused on the evaluation of meta-analyses and systematic reviews of the literature and on voting by experts from the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology, ensuring recommendations with at least 70% agreement. Divided into two articles, this article addresses pharmacological strategies, incorporating recent advances to optimize clinical management and promote uniformity in professional practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":48634,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Rheumatology","volume":"66 1","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2026-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13472111/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advances in Rheumatology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42358-025-00483-2","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"RHEUMATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Fibromyalgia is a complex condition characterized by widespread chronic pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbances, which significantly affect quality of life. Its pathophysiology involves central sensitization (CS) and changes in neurotransmitters. Management is challenging and requires a multidisciplinary approach that integrates pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments. This consensus, which is based on the BASCE system, presents updated guidelines for drug and nondrug treatments. The methodology focused on the evaluation of meta-analyses and systematic reviews of the literature and on voting by experts from the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology, ensuring recommendations with at least 70% agreement. Divided into two articles, this article addresses pharmacological strategies, incorporating recent advances to optimize clinical management and promote uniformity in professional practice.
期刊介绍:
Formerly named Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia, the journal is celebrating its 60th year of publication.
Advances in Rheumatology is an international, open access journal publishing pre-clinical, translational and clinical studies on all aspects of paediatric and adult rheumatic diseases, including degenerative, inflammatory and autoimmune conditions. The journal is the official publication of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology and welcomes original research (including systematic reviews and meta-analyses), literature reviews, guidelines and letters arising from published material.