After successfully treating nearly 10,000 patients over the past two decades, Daniel Dantini, M.D. is convinced that viruses can cause fibromyalgia, a painful, often debilitating disease, which affects 4 to 6 million Americans annually. Dr. Dantini outlines his findings and treatment regimen in his new book, The New Fibromyalgia Remedy—Stop Your Pain Now with an Anti-Viral Regimen (Addicus Books, February 2008).

"I hope to raise awareness about the causes of fibromyalgia," Dr. Dantini said. "It is a disease, and we need to treat the causes rather than only the symptoms. Treating fibromyalgia with psychiatric drugs and pain medications does not get to the root of the problem. We need to treat the cause—viruses that ‘hide’ in the body."

Dr. Dantini reports a 70 percent success rate with patients. His protocol involves the use antiviral medications such as Valtrex and Famvir. He also tests patients for food allergies, which most people don’t realize they have. “The most serious allergies can cause troubling symptoms, such as migraines and irritable bowel syndrome, but the public does not readily understand how these types of food allergies work.” Dr. Dantini finds that about 30 percent of his patients have symptoms related to food allergies, rather than fibromyalgia.