Pain Awareness

From: Helen Dynda (olddad66@runestone.net)
Sun Apr 21 19:27:07 2002


Pain Awareness http://www.angelfire.com/il/ChronicPain/

The PAINS Web Presence is about completely ordinary people who find themselves called upon to achieve extraordinary acts of courage, in the face of Chronic Intractable Illnesses and their attachments.

On the Links Page you will find everything you need to pursue an investigation on your own; to discover what these disorders are; some of the stigmas and misconceptions about painfull illnesses; and some of the treatment options available and where these treatment options are.

Scientists Find Gene That Controls Pain Response

More News Links:

Cannabis eases chronic pain, study finds

Study shows cannabis spray helps ease chronic pain

Previous Conference Links: (for Halifax, NS)

Fourth Annual Halifax Conference

The first Altantic Conference on Chronic Pain

'TIME WELL SPENT'

"I felt that I could sense the walls coming down between people as they talked, and when that happens, you know something more powerful than us, is at work." ~ Helen Tupper

Local [General] Information]:

To help solve what it sees as an under-prescribing problem, the Nova Scotia College of Physicians and Surgeons is sending doctors new Pain-Treatment Guidelines.

Cyberhealth system first on continent ~By Rachel Boomer -- The Daily News

UPDATE Telemedicine Firm Bankrupt ~By Cathy Nichol-- The Daily News

Communications

Reading Room The Case For Opioids ~ Daniel Brookoff ~ University of Tennessee ~Methodist Hospitals of Memphis [Earn CME Credits] "Opioid medications allow us to treat chronic pain as aggressively as we would any pathogen, but we must first overcome ingrained misconceptions about patients' motivations for seeking treatment and about the addictive properties of the drugs.

With controlled use, the newer sustained-release formulations give real hope for safe and sustained pain relief."

Links Page More Information from our friends Action Research on Chronic Pain Medication use by RSD Sufferers Chronic Pain Management Forum Canadian RSD Network Privacy Statement Last update February 5, 2002

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