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Advocating for safer medications at the FDA
Apr 27, 2017| News
On April 5, U.S. Pain Foundation’s Senior State Advocate, Wendy Foster, flew to D.C. for the joint meeting of the Anesthetics and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management at the Food and Drug Administration...
Tune in to two key federal pain policy events in May
Apr 27, 2017| News
U.S. Pain urges its members to participate in livestreams of two major events about pain policy at the federal level happening this May. The first is a meeting at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services entitled, “Implementation of the...
Fun & easy ways to fundraise
Apr 27, 2017| News
As a nonprofit, U.S. Pain Foundation runs solely on contributions from corporate sponsors as well as private donors. The organization is encouraging members to consider hosting fundraising events to help support its mission and services. “We rely...
Five ways to get involved in Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
Apr 27, 2017| News
Currently, 36 million Americans are living with migraine disease; four million of them have chronic migraine, meaning they have 15 or more attack days per month. There are many different ways you can help spread awareness and stop the stigma of...
U.S. Pain appointed to NCPIE board of directors
Apr 26, 2017| News
The National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) recently announced that the U.S. Pain Foundation is among eight patient groups selected in the “consumer organization” board of directors category. U.S. Pain will serve on the board...
Lenox Smith speaks at largest medical cannabis conference
Apr 25, 2017| News
Medical cannabis activists had an exciting month in April: on April 19, West Virginia became the 29th state to legalize medical marijuana, and, from April 7 to 11, many activists attended the largest conference dedicated to improving access to...
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