Important Articles | For you and your Doctor |
Barriers to Effective Pain Management | Myths Set Straight |
Caught in Pain's Vicious Cycle | By: William Hurwitz, *MD | New England Journal of Medicine |
The Denial of Chronic Pain | By R. Teasell |
The Tragedy of Needless Pain | Ronald Melzack *Note ANYTHING by this man is worth reading |
The Quality of Mercy | Effective pain treatments already exist. Why aren't doctors using them? |
Current Trends & Thoughts | ... It Matters... |
Relief of Pain and Suffering | An Exhibit |
Essential Considerations in the Treatment of Intractible Pain | |
Pain Patient's Bill Of Rights | |
R.E.S.C.I.N.D. | Repeal Existing Stereotypes about Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases |
Regarding Opioids | And Other Treatments |
Pain Research and Management | Use of opioid analgesics for the treatment of chronic noncancer pain - A concensus statement and guidelines from the Canadian Pain Society |
Information about Regulatory Issues in Pain management | |
Opioid Rotation | Jessica Behrends & Jo Eland PhD RN |
Pain Politics | Model Guidelines for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain |
Intrathecal Morphine for the Treatment of Non-Malignant Pain | AANS/CNS Pain Newsletter |
Conquering Pain | New discoveries and treatments offer hope |
More Important Information | Various Sources |
Desirable Characteristics for Pain Treatment Facilities | IASP (International Association for the Study of Pain) |
Articles on Pain | The Lindesmith Center |
People and Pain | by Cecil E. Maranville | NOTE - LINK UNAVAILABLE - Working on it
HUMAN BRAIN'S NATURAL PAINKILLER SYSTEM | National Institute of Dental Research |
Treatment of Spinal Pain Syndromes | NEJM |
Societies and Foundations | Canada , United States and Elsewhere |
AAPM: American Academy of Pain Medicine | AAPM Position Statements |
American Pain Society | ' ... multidisciplinary educational and scientific organization dedicated to serving people in pain' |
Canadian Arthritis Society | Arthritis News Magazine |
Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders | Support Organizations |
Dr. Hurwitz | In Support of Chronic Pain Patients |
Johns Hopkins Pain Treatment Center | An indepth description of their Inpatient Program |
NFTP | The National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain |
Pain and Neurosensory Mechanisms Branch | National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research - National Institutes of Health |
Pain: Clinical Updates ( A clinical newsletter) | IASP (International Association for the Study of Pain) |
RSDHope | A plethora of useful information and links |
The Merck Manual | The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy |
Upper Peninsula Pain Project | '... provide information to those in pain.' '... of interest and support to care givers, family and friends of those suffering from pain.' |
Marijuana | and Miscellaneous |
Opioid Therapy | Up-to-Date Info |
If your're Considering Suicide, Please READ THIS FIRST | |
NORML | National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws |
Searching Online | Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? |
Search at Bandoliers | ~Timely articles on a variety of pain related topics .. ENTER SEARCH TERM: Chronic Pain |
THE Search Engine for Health and Medicine | A great starting point for those who don't know where to begin. |
Virtual Pocket Dictionary of Pain Terms | IASP |