BeSafeRx: Know your Online Pharmacy
FDA BeSafeRx is a national campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of buying prescription medicines from fake online pharmacies. This campaign provides the resources to help consumers: Know the Risks, Know the Signs and Know Your Online Pharmacy. This site is a useful guide to help consumers avoid fraud, scams and substandard medications
Arthritis Foundation
Non Profit Consumer Organization: helps people take control of arthritis by providing public health education; pursuing public policy and legislation; and conducting evidence-based programs to improve the quality of life for those living with arthritis; offers online tool, community programs, Arthritis Today magazine, symptom tracking phone app and over 100 offices in the U.S.
American Society for Pain Management Nursing
Non Profit: Professional Membership Organization dedicated to teaching nurses best practices in pain care
American Society for Addiction Medicine
Professional society representing over 3,000 physicians dedicated to increasing access and improving quality of addiction treatment, educating physicians and the public, supporting research and prevention, and promoting the appropriate role of physicians in the care of patients with addictions; offers for the public information section about pain and addiction.
American Pain Society
Non Profit: Professional Organization with primarily pain researchers, academicians and clinician members
American Headache Society
Non Profit Professional Organization: membership society of health care providers dedicated to the study and treatment of headache and face pain; primary focus is educating physicians, health professionals and the public and encouraging scientific research. HEADACHE journal and podcasts available online for non-members.
American Chronic Pain Association
Non Profit: Consumer Organization that offers peer support and education in pain management skills to people with pain, family and friends, and health care professionals; US member of IASP. The American Chronic Pain Association was founded in 1980 by Penney Cowan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After many years of living with chronic pain, Penney had More Info »
Alliance for Patient Access
National network of physicians committed to protecting patient access to approved medical treatments and therapies including prescription pharmaceuticals, biologics, and medical devices.
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) Evidenced Based Safety Handbook for Nurses
Federal Educational Resource: Chapter 17: Improving the Quality of Care Through Pain Assessment and Management At some point in life, virtually everyone experiences some type of pain. Pain is often classified as acute or chronic. Acute pain, such as postoperative pain, subsides as healing takes place. Chronic pain is persistent and is subdivided into cancer-related More Info »
Aches & Gains Radio
Weekly radio broadcast of a large variety of pain topics with guests (including celebrity guest spots) who experience pain and its treatment along with pain experts; moderated by Paul Christo MD, a renowed pain expert. Aches and Gains® is the first national radio talk show to shine a much needed spotlight on pain management and More Info »