Source: Neuroimmunomodulation  |  Posted 9 years ago

Both active gallium-arsenide laser therapy and low-dose amitriptyline treatment improve clinical symptoms and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia.

In a study comparing the two treatments with placebo laser treatment, active laser therapy improved all the clinical parameters tested while amitriptyline improved all parameters except fatigue.

Laser therapy also appears to improve pain intensity to a greater degree than amitriptyline, but amitriptyline has a greater effect on depression.

These results are reported by investigators from the Dicle University School of Medicine in Diyarbakir and Abant Izzet Baysal University in D