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Promising New Treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

The Behavioral Medicine Research Center at the University of Miami is conducting

a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National

Institutes of Health. Dr. Barry Hurwitz Ph.D. and Dr. Klimas M.D. are the

principal investigators of this study. The study is investigating a very

promising potential treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). The study is

a placebo-controlled clinical trial in which Procrit is prescribed to the

participants for 13 weeks. Procrit is a drug that has been used for over a

decade to treat anemia which is low red blood cell volume. The drug increases

the production of red blood cells, which we have discovered is low in many CFS

patients. Because the red blood cell delivers oxygen to the body, it is

projected that this treatment may reduce the debilitating fatigue experienced by

individuals with CFS.

You can visit our web page that describes the study and also has links for

downloading our brochure, as well as the electronic forms that we use to

determine eligibility. The web site for our department, which is the

Behavioral Medicine Department, is

www.bmrc.miami.edu.

To go to our web page directly the address is

http://www.bmrc.miami.edu/research/niaid/project2.asp

Please note that any information you provide us will be kept strictly

confidential. The form will allow us to determine if you are eligible to

participate in the study. We are looking for CFS patients in the South Florida

area, and qualified participants will be compensated for their time, as well as

receiving free studies medications, medical examinations, and detailed

information about their health. You can help us get the word out by forwarding

the email to anyone you think may be interested in this study.

We apologize if this email was sent to you incorrectly, our goal was to get the

word out to people that have an interest in CFS and may live in or know someone

that lives in the South Florida area suffering with CFS. Thank you for your

help.

For more information please feel free to contact me at CFSresearch@...

A few weeks ago the TV station WPLJ Channel 10 in Miami, covered in their

Health Section the research the we are doing. The link to read about the report

is

http://www.click10.com/mia/health/kristisgoodhealth/stories/kristisgoodhealth-13\

1585020020321-110306.html

Sincerely yours,

Barry Hurwitz, Ph.D.

Professor

Principal Investigator