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Baffling chronic pain eases after doses of gut microbes

A small, preliminary trial and studies in mice draw links between fibromyalgia and alterations of the gut microbiome.
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  1. Humberto Basilio
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What Rina Green calls her “living hell” began with an innocuous backache. By late 2022, two years later, pain flooded her entire body daily and could be so intense that she couldn’t get out of bed. Painkillers and physical therapy offered little relief. She began using a wheelchair.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01290-x

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