Today's (1/29/02) issues of the Seattle Times has 2 articles
on pain management that might be of interest. They can be
read on-line. Go to http://www.seattletimes.com The first article
is titled "Doctors leary of US crackdown on pain drugs"; this
article has a related article entitled "Getting pain relief
might get harder before it gets easier". This second article
also lists 5 web sites that deal with pain and pain management.
Hope this information is useful.