Managing Chronic Pain

Online Resources
Oregon Law
Oregon Board of Medical Examiners
www.bme.state.or.us

Oregon Board of Pharmacy
www.pharmacy.state.or.us


Oregon Dept of Health and Human Services Pain Management Program
oregoncares.org/healthcare/pain.html
Guidelines and Reviews
American Academy of Pain Medicine and American Pain Society. The use of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain. Chicago, 1994.
www.painmed.org

American Pain Society Principles of Analgesic Use in the Treatment of Acute Pain and Chronic Cancer Pain; 4th Edition. Glenview, IL. 1999.
www.ampainsoc.org

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Evidence-based recommendations for medical management of chronic non-malignant pain reference guide for clinicians. November 2000.
www.cpso.on.ca

International Association for the Study of Pain. Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain. Pain Clinical Updates 1995; 3(3).
www.iasp-pain.org

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization’s Pain Standards, 2001.
www.jcaho.org/standard/stds2001_mpfrm.html

The Veterans Health Administration. Methadone dosing recommendations for the treatment of chronic pain. November 2001.
vapbm.org

Pain Organizations and Related Websites

American Academy of Pain Medicine
www.painmed.org

American Pain Society
www.ampainsoc.org

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
www.cpso.on.ca

American Chronic Pain Association
www.theacpa.org

American Pain Foundation
www.painfoundation.org

American Society of Pain Management Nurses
www.aspmn.org

American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
www.asra.com

Oregon Caregiving Resource Center
oregoncares.org/healthcare/pain.html

University of Iowa Nursing
adultpain.nursing.uiowa.edu

Dept of Pain and Palliative Care, Beth Isreal Medical Center
www.stoppain.org

Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation
www.pain.com

University of WI Pain and Policies Study Group
www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy

Partners Against Pain
www.partnersagainstpain.com