hi, I am 58 years old, have had fybromyalgis for 26 years. Having read a national health insitutes report on military war syndroms, give to the VA last year, and reading a John s Hopikins write up in 2002, pointing at the pituitary gland for the fybromyalgia, and a nonafasive shock treatment to the pituitary giving a great benifit for the pain! But the VA dosn t have the equipment or intrested at all, because of no money, but they like giving pills for thr symptoms, that cause so many side effects that it isn t even worth it! I have arthritis too, and John hopkins says FYBROMYALGIA is a form of ARTHRITIS. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN TAKE TO EFFECT the pituitarary or the somatomedin C to get my system to act properly, targeting the problem, instead? Thank You, Monvfkv