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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Treatment Guide 
By Erica F. Verrillo and Lauren M. Gellman
Sound Patient Advice on a Condition that Affects Hundreds of Thousands
The CDC estimates that over half a million Americans currently suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a disease which has defied researchers to discover a cause – or a cure. Authors Verrillo and Gellman, both long-term CFS patients, have now assembled a one-of-a-kind sourcebook for both patients and clinicians.
This concise easy-to-understand reference offers the latest medical knowledge, sound advice, and hope to anyone who suffers from the disease. Combining a self-help manual, the personal histories of CFS sufferers, and a symptom and treatment dictionary, this comprehensive volume details every facet of the illness and thoroughly discusses every treatment currently available. From diagnosis to symptoms, from traditional and alternative therapies to coping strategies, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Treatment Guide is one of the only references on this disease written from the patient's perspective.
As a physician, understanding the common symptoms of CFS sufferers may help you diagnose with better accuracy. Recommending this book to your patients could be their most important step to health, as it encourages them to take an active role in their recovery.
Benefits:- Over 100 effective treatments are profiled.
- Detailed and up-to-date information on availability, costs, and administration of each treatment.
- In-depth discussion of symptoms, cross-referenced with coping and treatment sections.
- Extensive appendices covering resources, articles, videotapes, Internet sites, doctors, clinics, mail-order suppliers and support groups.
- Special coping tips for people with environmental sensitivities and dietary restrictions.
Topics Covered:- Patient Profiles
- Diagnosis and Tests
- How to Assess and Monitor Symptoms
- Specific Symptoms and Home Treatment Tips
- Pharmaceuticals and Prescription Drugs
- Nutritional Supplements and Botanicals
- Alternative and Complementary Medical and Supportive Therapies
- Coping and Stress Reduction Techniques
- Special Needs of Children
1998. Paperback, 381 pages
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Table of Contents
Preface
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"Erica Verrillo and Lauren Gellman have put together the book about CFIDS that we have all been waiting for - a guide to treating CFIDS which covers everything from Ampligen to Zinc. This book is a must have for anyone who is coping with or treating patients with this complex, multi-systemic disorder. It provides clear, concise, and objective information on CFIDS treatment options in one very readable volume. Endorsed by David Bell, M.D. and Thomas Steinback, M.D., the information in the book is accurate and responsible, and the extensive bibliography at the end provides the reader with references which can be consulted for more in-depth information on any of the topics covered in the text."
Medical Professionals/Persons With CFIDS Newsletter
(1998)
"This book puts nearly all the options between the covers, gives you the protocol, the pros and cons, and even its availability and cost! There are special chapters with alternative methods, nutritional help, mail order supplies, the special needs of kids with CFIDS, and how to monitor your symptoms. It's jam-packed full of information and is the most helpful book we've read since The Doctor's Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome."
The National CFIDS Foundation
(1998)
"When I was asked to read and review this book, I was told that it covered "everything" about CFS and that once I started reading it I would not be able to put it down. I was not disappointed. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome--A Treatment Guide fulfills its promise to be a comprehensive yet user-friendly guide to CFS. I found it very enjoyable and easy to read ...[It] is a book that I highly recommend to sufferers of CFS, carers of CFS sufferers, treating practitioners and anyone else who simply wants to know more about CFS."
ME/CFS Society of NSW Inc.
(Winter 1998)
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