American Chronic Pain Association
Frequently updated medical information for patients, family members, and health care providers.
To be the premier educational and informational resource on the Internet for health care professionals and consumers who have an interest in pain and its management.
The Canadian Pain Coalition is a Partnership of patient pain groups, health professionals who care for people in pain, and scientists studying better ways of treating pain. This partnership began in May 2002 as an initiative of the Canadian Pain Society, which remains an active partner.
EuroPain is an organization promoting collaborative actions in Europe regarding all aspects of pain research. The main purpose is to provide a forum which facilitates the task of establishing working parties for pain research within Europe. The working parties have charters according to specific research purposes of current interest.
The National Pain Foundation, a non-profit organization, and we provide online education and support resources for people in pain, their families, and health care providers. We have information about many different types of chronic pain, and all of our medical information is peer reviewed.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and multiple tender points. "Tender points" refers to tenderness that occurs in precise, localized areas, particularly in the neck, spine, shoulders, and hips. People with this syndrome may also experience sleep disturbances, morning stiffness, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, cognitive problems "foggy mind" and other symptoms
Multidisciplinary Pain Centre - University of Alberta Hospital
Welcome to the Website of the University of Alberta Hospital Multidisciplinary Pain Centre. Whether you've got Chronic Pain, are a family member of some one who does, or a physician wishing to refer a patient to us, there's lots of information here that we hope you'll find useful. There is also information for health professionals wishing to obtain pain management training, and for anyone who might want to participate in our research studies.
Publisher of scholarly and professional books and journals
Multidisciplinary Pain Program
University of Western Ontario (UWO)
London, Ontario
Canada's professional association involved in the field of pain medicine. A Chapter of The
International Association for the Study of Pain.
Canadian Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Network
Our mission has always been education, support, awareness, early diagnosis and to help find a cure.
Do you have pain that will not go
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WHO Narcotic & Psychotropic Drugs Guidelines for Assessment
The Pain and Policy Studies Group (PPSG)
is pleased to announce the availability of a World Health Organization (WHO)
publication aimed at improving availability of opioid analgesics in the world,
titled "Achieving Balance in National Opioids Control Policy: Guidelines for
Assessment."
This document provides 16 guidelines that can be used by governments and health
professionals to assess the national opioids control policies and their
administration of any country to determine if they contain the provisions,
procedures and cooperation that are necessary to ensure the availability of
opioid analgesics. The guidelines are derived from the international principle
of "Balance" in drug control policy. This principle, which is carefully and
extensively documented in the publication, asserts that governments not only
have an obligation to prevent drug abuse, but also to ensure the availability of
opioid analgesics for medical purposes, and further, that efforts to prevent
drug abuse and diversion must not interfere with the adequate availability of
opioid analgesics for patients’ pain relief. The importance of cooperation
between regulators and health professionals is emphasized.
Since the Guidelines were published in 2000, the PPSG and the WHO have used them
to encourage cooperation and evaluation of national policy between health
professionals and narcotic regulators at several international regional
conferences.
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy/publicat/00whoabi/00whoabi.htm
Medical Marijuana Information Resource Centre
The Medical Marijuana Information
Resource Center is established to provide patients, caregivers, and clinicians
with a source of scientific and current information about the use of marijuana
(cannabis) as a medicine.
http://www.medicalmarijuanainformation.com/home/
Action for People with Neuropathic Pain
Neuropathic Pain occurs or is
caused by damage or dysfunction in the nervous system.
The problem may occur in the peripheral nervous system made up of nerves in arms
and legs, or in the central nervous system, which involves the spinal cord and
brain. Neuropathic Pain is invisible and often described as tingling, chronic
burning, knife-like stabbing sensations or as hypersensitivity to touch or cold.
Established in 1994, Current Oncology is a Canadian based and internationally distributed journal. Published bi-monthly plus special supplemental issues, Current Oncology represents a multidisciplinary medium encompassing health care workers in the field of cancer therapy to report upon and to review progress in the management of this disease.
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Israel Society for Fighting Pain
Israel Society for Fighting Pain aims to
raise awareness of chronic pain as a disease. Amongst our goals are to provide
support, treatment options, medical researches and information to pain sufferers
to improve their quality of life.
http://www.fightingpain.co.il/
International Association for the Study of Pain
Founded in 1973, IASP brings together scientists, clinicians, health care providers, and policy makers to stimulate and support the study of pain and to translate that knowledge into improved pain relief worldwide. IASP currently has more than 7,000 members from 108 countries and in 70 chapters.
http://www.iasp-pain.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
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