Bonus Episode: Fibromyalgia from the Patient Perspective

In this first podcast, Kevin Boehnke and Dan Clauw delve into the patient’s perspective regarding the burden of fibromyalgia. They explore the impact of fibromyalgia on a person’s life, with Kevin sharing his personal experiences. Both experts also evaluate the significance of non-pharmaceutical treatment options for managing this condition.

Speakers

Dr Kevin Boehnke

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology and the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Centre, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA

Dr Boehnke received his doctorate from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences in 2017. Dr Boehnke’s current research focuses on therapeutic applications of cannabis and psychedelics where his goal is to rigorously assess appropriate use of these substances and to help address the public health harms caused by their criminalisation. He is also a yoga instructor and he himself lives with fibromyalgia.

Professor Daniel Clauw

Professor of Anasthesiology, Internal Medicine of Rheumatology and Psychiatry, and the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Centre, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA

Professor Clauw serves as Director of the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Centre at the University of Michigan, USA and co-directs the Research Development Core and Pre-Doctoral Programs. His research is committed to clinical care and research into the central nervous system. He is an international expert in chronic pain disorders, such as fibromyalgia, where he incorporates a multitude of methods ranging from patient-reported outcomes to functional and chemical neuroimaging, and phenotyping, and as such, has been critical in helping elucidate the importance of the central nervous system in chronic pain conditions.

This content has been supported by Viatris