Council
Chambers, Salt Lake County Complex North Building
2001
South State Street, Salt Lake City, UT.
(Park
free at the northeast corner of the complex)
OFFER's
Education Meetings are the first
Wednesday of each month at
7:00 p.m.,
We wish to thank all those who worked
so hard to make this year's Provider and Patient
Conferences successful!!
If you would like to comment on the recent
Conferences, please
click here.
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DVD’s of the Provider and Patient
Conferences will be available for purchase
through OFFER’s website and at monthly OFFER
Education Meetings as soon as they can be
produced by our volunteers!
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We would like to ask you
for suggestions about what to do for an OFFER
patient event in 2008. Would you like a
conference, a "walk a block," a different kind
of fundraiser, or a political/advocacy project.
To give us your ideas, please
click here.
"Adversity is another way to measure the greatness
of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't
make me stronger."
Author: Barbara Pletcher
IN THE NEWS LINKS
A NEW STUDY
FOR FIBROMYALGIA PATIENTS—
Dr. Lucinda Bateman is
actively seeking fibromyalgia patients, ages 18-70,
to participate in clinical research studies of three
investigational drugs for the treatment of
Fibromyalgia. If you are interested, call Dr.
Bateman’s office (801-359-7400) and talk to Ali
Allen, RN, research coordinator, or others on the
research team, to learn more about the drug studies
currently underway. Qualified participants receive
study-related physician visits, lab evaluations, and
the investigational medication at no cost.
On June 21, 2007, Pfizer's drug Lyrica
became the first drug ever to achieve an
FDA "indication" for FMS. It is the beginning of a
number of drugs racing to the market to help with FM
symptoms.
Report from CFIDS Association on Federal
Department of Health and Human Services Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee meeting
held on May 16-17 in Washington, DC at which OFFER
board member Linda Milne described OFFER’s mission
and efforts to promote awareness in the community.
http://www.cfids.org/advocacy/may07meeting.pdf
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