Fibromyalgia - Other Places To Get Help

The National Fibromyalgia Partnership, Inc., (NFP) is a nonprofit membership organization in the United States. It provides medically accurate information to people with fibromyalgia and their families, health professionals, and the general public. The goal of the organization is to provide informational tools to promote the timely and appropriate diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia.

The Arthritis Foundation provides grants to help find a cure, prevention methods, and better treatment options for arthritis. It also provides a large number of community-based services nationwide to make living with arthritis easier, including self-help courses; water- and land-based exercise classes; support groups; home study groups; instructional videotapes; public forums; free educational brochures and booklets; the national, bimonthly consumer magazine Arthritis Today; and continuing education courses and publications for health professionals.

The Fibromyalgia Network provides educational materials on fibromyalgia syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) explores complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, trains complementary and alternative medicine researchers, and gives out authoritative information. Send all requests for information and questions about NCCAM to the NCCAM Clearinghouse.

The National Fibromyalgia Research Association is involved in making the public, the medical community, and the government more aware of fibromyalgia. Its Web site is also a good source of information about fibromyalgia.