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What about this six week one?:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8561057

EDIT: looks like below we agree that this one (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16685046) is even better.

This one seems even more like a clincher:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16685046

Only 5% carb intake, for 6 weeks, at 1500 calories, which is a bit less of a crash diet. You'd at least expect SOME increase in difference.

It's in Table 1 on p2.

I'm really happy to hear that the medication makes it managable for you 98% of the time! Best of luck to you.

Thanks for the response!

I actually managed to find that stat on the website after posting this as well, but lost of track of it. It didn't give further explanation (edit: whoops!). However, a paper I downloaded estimated the incidence rate to be "26.2 per 100,000 person years." Not sure what person years are though, not my field.

This AMA actually made be fascinated (read: terrified) by this disease and I therefore downloaded a couple scholarly articles on it. I'm gonna check them out and hopefully get a better understanding.

One confusion I had is why I haven't heard of it before if it's the most painful thing in the world and isn't that crazy rare (though 26/100000 is pretty rare I guess). I'm also really fascinated by how it's measured as the "most" painful (the McGill scale), and why this level of pain doesn't drive people to more frequently seek desperate treatments (eg., LSD or ketamine).

Also (maybe you can answer this), is it still more painful than childbirth/finger-amputation when you're on your typical daily medication? Or does that dull it to a "manageable" level?

So many questions!