Informational Web Links for Chronic Pain and Medicines

Toxnet
A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.

PDR.net
PDR's Getting Well Network provides reliable answers to important health questions. Use this site to learn more about detecting, preventing, and treating a variety of medical conditions.

MEDLINEplus
This source is a government run site that has health information from the National Library of Medicine.

Medicine.Net
This is a great resource for anything you want to know, lookup, or read about in the world of medicine.  It is information written and reviewed by board certified physicians.

Adult Pain Site
An informational site intended to educate health professionals, patients and families.

American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
The Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation is the national medical society representing more than 6,200 physicians who are specialists in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

American Chronic Pain Association
The American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) is a non-profit, tax exempt organization with more than 800 chapters in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, England, Ireland, Scotland and Russia. Their purpose is to provide a support system for those suffering with chronic pain through education and self-help group activities.

American Medical Association
Founded more than 150 years ago, the AMA's strategic agenda remains rooted in their historic commitment to standards, ethics, excellence in medical education and practice, and advocacy on behalf of the medical profession and the patients it serves.

American Pain Foundation
The American Pain Foundation is a nonprofit information resource and patient advocacy organization serving people with pain. Their mission is to improve the quality of life of people with pain by providing practical information for patients, raising public awareness and understanding of pain, and advocating against barriers to effective treatment.

American Pain Society
The American Pain Society is a multidisciplinary organization of basic and clinical scientists, practicing clinicians, policy analysts, and others. The mission of APS is to advance pain-related research, education, treatment and professional practice.

Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organization that aims to help people make well informed decisions about healthcare by preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions.

Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care is dedicated to providing comprehensive care of the highest quality in pain management and palliative care, and advancing the educational and research aims of these disciplines.

MEDLINEplus Health Information
MEDLINEplus, a gold mine of up-to-date, quality health care information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. MEDLINEplus is for anyone with a medical question.

Pain.com
Pain.com is a site which provides quality educational content. This site is sponsored by the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation.

Pain & Policy Studies Group
The Pain & Policy Studies Group facilitates public access to information about pain relief and public policy. The Pain & Policy Studies Group, at the University of Wisconsin, addresses both domestic and international policy issues and is a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Policy and Communications in Cancer Care.

Pain Research Group
The Pain Research Group (PRG), Division of Anesthesia, Critical and Palliative Care, is dedicated to improving the comfort and function of patients with cancer, both nationally and internationally.

Partners Against Pain
Partners Against Pain is an informational site for patients, health professionals and physicians.