About the Authors

Miguel A. Pappolla

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Pappolla@aol.com

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, St. Michael’s Pain & Spine Clinics, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Laxmaiah Manchikanti

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, LSU School of Medicine Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Clark R. Andersen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Office of Biostatistics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Nigel H. Greig

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Drug Design and Development Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Fawad Ahmed

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation St. Michael’s Pain & Spine Clinics, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xiang Fang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Michael A. Seffinger

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, California, United States of America

Andrea M. Trescot

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pain and Headache Center, Eagle River, Alaska, United States of America

Competing Interests

M. A. Pappolla filed a provisional patent application with the USPTO (number 62798828). Title: “Formulations and Methods for Treatment of Fibromyalgia and Related Myofascial Pain Disorders”. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Other authors have nothing to declare.