Pain and Chronic Pain Syndrome

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Pain and Chronic Pain Syndrome

Updated 01/13/2006

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pain Page Information about how professionals treat pain of various types
American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) With "recent news" about research, etc., on the home page
Chronic Pain From MedicineNet.com. A good essay with wide-ranging information. Includes the history of pain, how it is diagnosed, gender differences, treatments that have been tried
Chronic Pain, CFS, FMS and other Medical Resources From Lois Randall and the Medical Information Network. See especially the list of Most Recently Posted Chronic Pain Resources
Chronic Pain Management Good basic information
ClinicalTrials.gov List of current research trials on chronic pain, from the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
NINDS Chronic Pain Information Page From the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U.S.) See bottom of page for online brochures and links. Sample topics:
- Low Back Pain Fact Sheet
- Pain: Hope Through Research
- Peripheral Neuropathy Information Page
- Trigeminal Neuralgia Information Page
- Central Pain Syndrome Information Page
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Information Page
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Shingles Information Page
- Amid Ongoing Controversy, Researchers Find Opiates Relieve Chronic Pain From Nervous System Damage
- Study Links Chronic Pain to Signals in the Brain
- Neurobiology of Craniofacial/Deep Tissue Persistent Pain
Pain Disorder (Psychogenic Pain) Succinct definition in the Merck Manual
Pain Disorder BehaveNet's presentation of the DSM-IV criteria for "Pain Disorder" aka Chronic Pain aka Psychogenic Pain
Pain.com "A world of information on pain"
Sexual Pain Disorder Reviews causes of pain associated with sex
Sexual Pain Disorder 2002 article by the staff of Psychology Today
Understanding Chronic Pain By Dr. Timothy Quek

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