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U.S. Pain Foundation is proud
to collaborate with other organizations dedicated to serving
the pain community. We believe no organization is the sole
authority regarding pain issues. Therefore, we rely on other
amazing foundations to help our members find the best
information, support and answers.
Aches and Gains Radio Show with Dr. Paul Christo. Visit
www.paulchristomd.com
PainPathways, the
official magazine of the World Institute of Pain and the
Pain Society of the Carolinas, Inc., is distributed to
medical and pain clinics, patients and caregivers throughout
the United States. PainPathways' mission is to provide
information and inspiration for chronic, acute and cancer
pain patients, physicians and caregivers. Profits from
PainPathways support the work of the Sceptor Pain
Foundation, a nonprofit pain research and education
organization. US Pain is a proud supporter of Pain Pathways
and hope all can read it.
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more information go to
www.painpathways.org
Improving patient safety in pain management.
To enhance the responsible prescribing and safe use of
opioid pain medications, C.A.R.E.S. Alliance seeks members
and support from multiple groups, including healthcare
professionals, people with pain, pharmacists, professional
societies, pharmaceutical companies and other organizations
focused on patient safety.
Working together, we will enhance the safe use of opioid
pain medications while maintaining the balance for
appropriate access to pain management, thereby helping
people who live with chronic pain find the relief they need.
C.A.R.E.S. Alliance is based on the belief that the answer
to effective pain management lies in education, innovation
and collaboration between health care professionals and
people with pain.
To continue meeting the needs of people with pain, C.A.R.E.S.
Alliance looks to its members for insight on new resources
and best practices.
For more info got to
www.caresalliance.org
Our mission is to promote public and
professional awareness of CRPS and to educate those
afflicted with the syndrome, their families, friends,
insurance and healthcare providers on the disabling pain it
causes. We encourage individuals with CRPS to offer each
other emotional support within affiliate groups. Finally, we
are committed to raising funds for research into the cause
and cure of CRPS.
For more information go to
www.rsdsa.org
Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) began when several veterans
and friends, moved by stories of the first wounded service
members returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq, took
action to help others in need. What started as a program to
provide comfort items to wounded service members has grown
into a complete rehabilitative effort to assist warriors as
they recover and transition back to civilian life.
Read more:
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/content/view/415/876/#ixzz1TEKRA26l
Personal stories of struggle, strength, and success
expressed through art
Living Beyond Pain
showcases the challenges of, and responses to, chronic pain
in daily life. It contains artistic expressions of
success—real stories of coping, managing, and moving beyond
pain. A variety of media formats can be submitted: art
(illustration or graphics), video, music, personal
narratives, and poetry.The Gallery is part of a new program
expressly designed for people with chronic pain and those
who care for them:
For more info go to
www.lifebeyondpain.org
Caregiver Media Group is a leading provider of
information, support and guidance for family and
professional caregivers. Founded in 1995, we produce
Today's Caregiver
magazine, the first national magazine dedicated to
caregivers, the "Fearless Caregiver Conferences", and our
web site, caregiver.com which includes topic specific
newsletters, online discussion lists, back issue articles of
Today's Caregiver
magazine, chat rooms and an online store. Caregiver Media
Group and all of it's products are developed for caregivers,
about caregivers and by caregivers.
for more info go to
www.caregiver.com
New
York Fibromyalgia Association
Our mission is to spread
awareness in the community and help those diagnosed with
Fibromyalgia to learn to cope in everyday life by providing
information to you and your family/friends which you can
discuss with your physicians in aiding your treatment.
For more info go to
www.nyfibroassoc.com/
The mission of Pain
Treatment Topics is to serve as a noncommercial
resource for healthcare professionals & their patients,
providing open access to clinical
news, information, research,
and education for a better understanding of
evidence-based pain-management practices.
for more info go to
www.pain-topics.org
Opioids911-Safety
(Opioids911.org) is an independent, noncommercial,
Internet-based educational activity from
Pain Treatment Topics (Pain-Topics.org)
for patients and their caregivers focusing on the proper and
safe use of opioid pain relievers. Our mission is to provide
an understanding of opioid analgesics and their various
risks, and to suggest specific actions for preventing opioid-related
problems, including: misuse, abuse, addiction, diversion,
adverse reactions, overmedication, and life-threatening
overdose. Instruction is provided on recognizing opioid
problems if they do occur and on being prepared for what to
do during an emergency
For more info go to
www.opiods911.org
The National Fibromyalgia &
Chronic Pain Association (NFMCPA) is a 501c3 not for
profit organization. We work to support people who have
chronic pain illnesses and their families and friends by
contributing to caring, professional, and community
relationships. Through continuing education, networking
with support groups/advocates, and affiliation with
professional organizations, the members of the NFMCPA
have a place to be informed, get involved, and recognize
achievements.
We’re serious about life and
enjoying it.
The NFMCPA addresses the
controversies, prejudices, and the life altering effect
of fibromyalgia and overlapping conditions on millions
of people. These issues combined with the recent shift
in the American College of Rheumatology’s FM diagnostic
criteria that now includes 42 symptoms in the patient
medical assessment which are all part of FM co-morbid
conditions are at the core of the formation of this new
association. The appreciated contributions of
experienced leaders from other non-profit FM
organizations, including scientific research and
physician education and patient outreach including
resources to live better with FM and raising awareness
about the condition are reflected in this organization.
For more information:
http://www.fmcpaware.org/
The Neuropathy Association
is the leading national non-profit organization
serving the peripheral neuropathy community. We provide
support and education, advocate for patients’ interests, and
promote research into the causes of and cures for
neuropathy. Our mission focuses on helping and healing
people with peripheral neuropathy. Our mission encompasses
providing
neuropathy awareness, education, support, advocacy and
research.
to learn more go to
www.neuropathy.org
For the past 35 years,
the Lupus Foundation of Mid and Northern New York, Inc.
has been providing local education, support, and
outreach services for people with lupus and their loved
ones, and promoting programs of public awareness,
advocacy, and research. For the Fiscal Year ending on
September 30, 2010 our organization's administrative
costs were
only 1.0% leaving 99.0%
of every dollar raised going directly to our Program
Services!
It is our hope that if
you have lupus or know someone who has lupus you will
use this website as a tool to take control and learn to
live with lupus. We realize that lupus does not just
affect an individual; lupus affects the entire family.
We are here for you as you and your loved ones continue
on your lupus journey.
For more
info
www.nolupus.org
Welcome to the Foundation for
Ethics in Pain Care. We are a not-for-profit organization
dedicated to improving pain care in the United States
through returning control of the discipline to patients and
their health care providers. Recent decades have witnessed
the usurpation of control by special interest groups that we
believe are not particularly interested in the amelioration
of human suffering. FEPC represents a wide range of
stakeholders invested in seeing pain care become more
efficacious. Through education, research, and advocacy, the
"business" of pain medicine will hopefully return to its
noble (and more effective) roots of a "profession".
For more information go to
www.painethics.org
This website,
www.PainfromCancer.org, has been created to
provide you with information about the types, causes, and
available treatment options for cancer pain. You'll also
learn about the additional challenges presented by a
specific kind of cancer-related pain, called breakthrough
pain.
Lock Your Meds®
is a national multi-media campaign designed to reduce
prescription drug abuse by making adults aware that they
are the “unwitting suppliers” of prescription
medications being used in unintended ways, especially by
young people. Produced by
National Family Partnership®(NFP),
the campaign includes a wide array of high-quality
advertisements, posters, educational materials,
publicity opportunities, inter-active games and slide
show presentations, with all roads leading to this
website, where visitors can learn more and ask
questions.
For more info go to
www.lockyourmeds.org
I’m Cristina Powell. In 1988,
when I was four days old, I was adopted from Lima, Peru. At
fifteen months, I was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and a
movement disorder... not expected to walk or talk...
thankfully, I do both!I first started painting in sixth
grade... my art teacher discovered my talent and made it
come alive. When I look at each painting, I can’t believe
it’s my very own artwork! I’m impressed to see how much I
can do, including making others happy, like my friends at
the retirement homes. I also like to write verses for my
cards and special words to comfort people.
Learn about Cristina and her
art at
www.abrighterwaycristina.com
Welcome to
Prescribe Responsibly.
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Janssen Scientific
Affairs, LLC, have partnered with leading pain management
and other experts to develop this site and provide
healthcare professionals with a practical resource of
information about the appropriate prescribing of opioid
analgesics for patients with acute and chronic pain.
As many as 50 million
American women live with one or more neglected
chronic pain conditions. For the majority of these
women, our health care system offers frustratingly
little help. Too many women face neglect, dismissal
and discrimination.
The government and
private sector have shortchanged research on these
conditions, and as a result, they are poorly
understood. Health care professionals receive
inadequate training on the diagnosis and treatment
of these conditions, and effective evidence-based
treatments are lacking. In addition, there is
growing evidence of a discriminatory pattern in the
medical care given to women with chronic pain.
Our campaign is
working to change this.
The Campaign to End
Chronic Pain in Women aims to improve the quality of
women’s lives by raising awareness of chronic pain
conditions that disproportionately impact women, as
well as the neglect, dismissal and discrimination
faced by women suffering from chronic pain.
For more information:
http://www.endwomenspain.org
Practical Pain Management
is the most prominent pain journal for practicing pain
specialists, but it’s also read by PCPs,
rheumatologists, pediatricians, and emergency medicine
specialists—in short, clinicians on the front lines of
pain.
Practical Pain Management
was founded in 2000 and is written by pain experts and
leaders in the field. It has a circulation of more than
46,000.
From arthritis to migraine, multiple sclerosis to
fibromyalgia, Practical
Pain Management provides real-world clinical
insights. Pain is complex and can be challenging to
treat safely and effectively.
Practical Pain Management
helps clinicians navigate the latest research in pain to
bring these benefits to their patients
for more
info goto
www.practicalpainmanagement.com
The
National Vulvodynia Association (NVA) is a nonprofit
organization created in 1994 to improve the lives of
individuals affected by vulvodynia, a spectrum of
chronic vulvar pain disorders. In accomplishing this
goal, the NVA will:
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educate affected women about vulvodynia to
enable them to make informed choices about their
treatment
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encourage patients to develop self-help
strategies to deal with the physical and
emotional components of this disorder
-
educate the public to bring attention to
vulvodynia as a serious women's health concern
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For
more information go to
www.nva.org
The TMJ
Association, Ltd. (TMJA) is a non-profit, patient
advocacy organization whose mission is to improve
the quality of healthcare and lives of everyone
affected by temporomandibular disorders (TMJD). For
over 25 years we've been sharing reliable
information on TMJD with people like you and we
invite you to read through our site.
For more
information go to
www.tmj.org
The National
Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI)
is a non-profit organization that facilitates
cooperation between law enforcement, healthcare
professionals, state regulatory agencies and
pharmaceutical manufacturers in the prevention
and investigation of prescription drug
diversion.
NADDI also sponsors and conducts specialized
educational seminars and conferences.
For
more info go to
www.naddi.org
What is
CaringBridge? Free, personal and private websites
that connect people experiencing a significant
health challenge to family and friends, making each
health journey easier. See how CaringBridge helps.
www.caringbridge.org
What happens when your ability to execute your art is
challenged by health issues? Where do you go from there?
How do you adapt and make the transition to a new
situation? How can you continue to create?
These are the questions artist and educator Joel Levitt
asked himself when he was confronted with a rare spinal
condition that compromised his fine motor skills and
left him unable to create as in the past.
As Joel fought hard and regained about 60% of the use of
his hands, his creative energy did not go to waste. To
learn more go to
www.artistsintransition.org
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