Pain Research and Management   pain management

Effective Pain Management:  Removing Impediments to Appropriate Prescribing.

Personalizing a Pain Scale: Randall Chronic Pain Scale.

http://www.asam.org/pain/definitions2.pdf   Definitions Related to the Use of Opioids for the Treatment of
Pain American Academy of Pain Medicine.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/nacpac/cnpfac.htm   North American Chronic Pain Association of Canada
The Use of Opioids for the Treatment of Chronic Pain. This fact sheet is intended to debunk some of the myths that fuel
this unreasonable fear, and is being sent to legislators, patients, and health professionals throughout the nation. It will also enable
members of the press to have quick access to credible facts about chronic pain. Although this fact sheet shows the devastating
effects on physical and mental health when severe pain goes untreated, as well as the profound impact on the economy, there is
no way to measure the "bankruptcies of the heart" that invariably accompany this condition. Yet the steady erosion of the quality of
life for millions of pain patients and their families--as they struggle with divorce, poverty, homelessness, despair, and often
suicide--is the real tragedy here.
 

http://www.doctordeluca.com/Library/Pain/Management-of-ChronicNonmalignantPain.htm  MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC NON-CANCER PAIN:
A GUIDE TO APPROPRIATE USE OF OPIOIDS
Expansion of definitions and discussion of addiction as well as treatment of chronic pain with opioid medications.  Excellent for a
good basic understanding of the issues involved in opioid therapy.
Example of content: "Opioids are not first-line therapy for chronic pain; nor are they
recommended as the only treatment. Opioids should be used as part of a comprehensive treatment plan involving other medications as
well as other modalities. Optimal treatment of chronic pain involves a team effort. In addition to the primary physician, other
possible team members are: a physiatrist, physical therapist, anesthesiologist (for administering local injections), biofeedback
specialist, hypnotist, acupuncturist, orthopedic surgeon, neurologist, neurosurgeon, addictionist, and psychologist. "
"Addiction causes a person's life to be constricted; pain relief allows him to expand his life. The clinician need to see what
happens to the patient once he gets the pain relief he claims he seeks."

http://atoz.iqhealth.com/atoz/Chpain/chpainmag.html  New and old ways to manage your pain, and some reasons why
treatment often fails.

http://www.ampainsoc.org/advocacy/opioids.htm American Pain Society The Use of Opioids
for the Treatment of Chronic Pain: