Journal article
Risk of fibromyalgia following antibiotic prescriptions: A population‐based case–control study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The health of the gut microbiome is now recognized to be an important component of the gut-brain axis which itself appears to be implicated in pain perception. Antibiotics are known to create dysbiosis in the microbiome, so whether fibromyalgia is more commonly diagnosed after antibiotic prescriptions provides a means of exploring the role of the microbiome in the experience of chronic pain.
METHODS: A case-control study was carried …
Authors
Armstrong D; Dregan A; Ashworth M; White P
Journal
European Journal of Pain, Vol. 28, No. 6, pp. 1008–1017
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
July 2024
DOI
10.1002/ejp.2239
ISSN
1090-3801