Alliance of State Pain Initiatives (ASPI)

http://www.aspi.wisc.edu/ –– Formerly known as the American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives (AACPI), this is a network of state-based organizations that work through education, advocacy, and institutional improvements to remove the barriers that impede pain relief.  Access checked November 20, 2005.

American Academy of Neurology: Chronic Pain

http://www.aan.com/professionals/ - Provides resources for medical specialists worldwide who are committed to improving the care of patients with neurological diseases. Access checked January 6, 2006.

American Academy of Orofacial Pain

http://www.aaop.org - An organization of health care professionals dedicated to alleviating pain and suffering through the promotion of excellence in education, research and patient care in the field of orofacial pain and associated disorders. Access checked January 13, 2006.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

http://www.aaos.org –– Founded at Northwestern University as a not-for-profit organization in 1933, the AAOS provides education and practice management services for orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals. The Academy also serves as an advocate for improved patient care and informs the public about the science of orthopaedics.  Access checked December 1, 2005.

American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM)

http://www.aapainmanage.org/ –– This is the largest multidisciplinary membership organization in the United States for pain practitioners. It is an inclusive, interdisciplinary organization and serves the needs of clinicians who treat people with pain through education, setting standards of care, and advocacy.  Access checked January 8, 2007.

A Pain Treatment Topics affiliate organization.

American Academy of Pain Medicine

http://www.painmed.org/ –– The Academy is the medical specialty society representing physicians practicing in the field of Pain Medicine. As a medical specialty society, the organization is involved in education, training, advocacy, and research in the specialty of Pain Medicine.  Access checked November 12, 2005.

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)

http://www.aapmr.org/ –– This is the national medical society representing more than 7,000 physicians (physiatrists) specializing in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Access checked November 27, 2005.

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

http://www.aacn.org/ – This organization is committed to providing the highest quality resources to maximize nurses' contribution to caring and improving the healthcare of critically ill patients and their families. Access checked January 16, 2006

American Chiropractic Association (ACA)

http://www.amerchiro.org –– The purpose of the ACA is to provide leadership in health care and a positive vision for the chiropractic profession and its natural approach to health and wellness.  Access checked December 1, 2005

American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

http://rheumatology.org – ACR is the professional organization of rheumatologists and associated health professionals who share a dedication to healing, preventing disability, and curing the more than 100 types of arthritis and related disabling and sometimes fatal disorders of the joints, muscles, and bones.  Access checked December 1, 2005.

American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)

http://www.amtamassage.org/ –– This organization represents more than 53,000 massage therapists in 27 countries. AMTA works to establish massage therapy as integral to the maintenance of good health and complementary to other therapeutic processes.  Access checked November 27, 2005.

American NeuroModulation Society

http://www.neuromodulation.org/ --- Dedicated to advancing the field of Neuromodulation (implanted devises such as “stimulators” and “pumps”) through clinical research, education, and print material within the United States. Access checked January 6, 2006.

American Pain Foundation

http://www.painfoundation.org — This is an independent nonprofit organization serving people with pain through information, advocacy, and support. The organization's mission is to improve the quality of life of people with pain by raising public awareness, providing practical information, promoting research, and advocating to remove barriers and increase access to effective pain management.   Access checked November 12, 2005.

American Pain Society (APS)

http://www.ampainsoc.org/ –– The APS is a multidisciplinary organization of basic and clinical scientists, practicing clinicians, policy analysts, and others. The organization's mission is to advance pain-related research, education, treatment and professional practice. Access checked November 12, 2005.

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

http://www.apta.org/ –– This is a national professional organization representing more than 66,000 members. Its goal is to foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research, and education. Access checked November 27, 2005.

American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN)

http://www.aspmn.org/ –– Organization of professional nurses that seeks to advance and promote optimal nursing care for people affected by pain.  Access checked November 12, 2005.

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

http://www.asahq.org –– Since its founding in 1905, the Society has been an important voice in American Medicine and the foremost advocate for all patients who require anesthesia or relief from pain This site provides educational resources and clinical information for patients and professionals. Access checked February 27, 2007.

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

http://www.asipp.org/ –– The society serves more than 3,500 members nationwide with advocacy efforts, educational programs, publications, and communications.  Access checked January 19, 2006.

American Society of Pain Educators (ASPE)

http://www.paineducators.org/ –– ASPE is a nonprofit professional organization dedicated solely to training healthcare professionals to become Credentialed Pain Educators (CPEs) who are specialized resources for pain management in their clinical settings.  Access checked June 9, 2006.

American Society of Pain Management Nurses

http://www.aspmn.org – This site offers a comprehensive bibliography in addition to a list of new features that are under development including an area to acknowledge member achievements, a place to share policies, a list of institutions offering preceptor sites, chapter educational offerings and a State of the Science section on current topics. Access checked January 13, 2006.

American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine (ASRA)

http://www.asra.com/ –– ASRA is the largest subspecialty society in anesthesiology. There are approximately 7,400 members, including physicians and scientists and a rich international distribution. Member information, web-based CME, and fellowship opportunities are some of the highlights.  Access checked November 14, 2005.

Anterior Knee Pain Project

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kneepain/ - A research project to develop clinical practice guidelines sponsored by the University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre. Access checked January 6, 2006.

Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

http://www.rehabnurse.org –– This site promotes and advances professional rehabilitation nursing practice through education, advocacy, collaboration, and research to enhance the quality of life for those affected by disability and chronic illness. Access checked February 27, 2007.

City of Hope Pain/Palliative Care Resource Center

http://www.cityofhope.org/prc/ –– The purpose of the COHPPRC is to serve as a clearinghouse for disseminating information and resources to assist others in improving the quality of pain management and end of life care. Established in 1995, this site is a central source for a variety of materials, including: pain assessment tools, patient education materials, quality assurance materials, end of life resources, research instruments, and other resources. Access checked November 26, 2005.

Complementary/Integrative Medicine (CIM)

http://www.mdanderson.org/topics/complementary –– Linked through the MD Anderson Cancer Center site, this website contains detailed evidence-based reviews of complementary or alternative cancer therapies, as well as links to other sources. The scientific reviews help health care professionals guide patients using complementary therapies alongside conventional treatment. Access checked February 27, 2007.

Emerging Solutions in Pain (ESP)

http://www.emergingsolutionsinpain.com/ –– This site is a comprehensive initiative designed to meet the needs of physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other health care professionals who are actively involved in pain management, and in working with patients who are prescribed opioids.  Access checked February 6, 2006.

For Grace – Empowering Women in Pain

http://www.forgrace.org/women/in/pain_home/ –– For Grace is a nonprofit organization devoted to ensuring the ethical and equal treatment of all women in pain, by empowering women to become better advocates for their pain care, informing heath care professionals about the gender disparity in pain treatment, and educating public policy makers. Access checked August 17, 2007.

Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain (ISTOP)

http://www.istop.org/ –– An international non-profit organization based in Canada and dedicated to the understanding and treatment of soft tissue pain through the use of Intramuscular Stimulation, which is a form of acupuncture. Access checked January 9, 2006.

Making Sense of Pain Relief™

http://www.painsense.org/home/default.asp –– The American Chronic Pain Association, the American Pain Foundation, and The National Pain Foundation have cooperatively prepared information for this website to help patients with pain and their families better understand the current situation and to regain a sense of control over the critical and personal decisions involved in managing pain. Access checked March 10, 2006.

Masterdocs.org (Taylor Micro Technology [TMT])

http://masterdocs.org –– Nonprofit pain-focused website provides a number of free questionnaires for pain conditions that can be answered by patients and a report is automatically generated containing the responses together with a differential diagnosis for physician review. The site also has medical summaries of painful conditions and regularly updated news. Access checked March 6, 2006.

MayoClinic.com

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pain/PN99999 – The Pain Management Center offers diverse information and resources for pain patients. Access checked January 18, 2006.

MD Anderson Cancer Center

http://www.mdanderson.org/topics/paincontrol/ –– Pain management resource and treatment center at the University of Texas; with information for physicians and patients regarding palliative care, postoperative pain, pain management, and more. Access checked January 13, 2006.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Pain Control Program

http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/474.cfm –– The pain section of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center website presents the current information on the Institute's approaches to pain management. Access checked January 9, 2006.

MGH Cares About Pain Relief

http://www.massgeneral.org/painrelief/ ––The mission of MGH Cares About Pain Relief is to support all Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) educational, clinical, and research programs related to pain. The website provides educational programs and resources for clinical educators, practicing clinicians in all disciplines, administrators, and patients and their families.  Access checked July 10, 2006.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

http://www.nccam.nih.gov –– NCCAM is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals.  Access checked December 1, 2005.

National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain

http://www.paincare.org/ - A not for profit organization, which seeks to accomplish comprehensive and effective medical treatment and social justice for all who are involved with legitimate medical pain. Site information is beneficial to patients, their families, doctors, pharmacists, drug manufacturers and insurance companies. Access checked January 13, 2006.

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

http://www.niams.nih.gov –– The mission of this U.S. government agency is to support research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases.  Access checked December 1, 2005.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

http://www.ninds.nih.gov –– This agency of the U.S. National Institutes of Health conducts, fosters, coordinates, and guides research on the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological disorders and stroke, and supports basic research in related scientific areas.  Access checked December 1, 2005.

National Pain Education Council

http://www.npecweb.org/ –– This site is designed to help primary care physicians and other healthcare professionals improve practical skills and their enhance knowledge of analgesic pharmacotherapy while providing pain specialists with materials to assist them in educating non-specialists; includes newly accredited continuing education activities. Access checked January 13, 2006.

National Pain Foundation

http://www.painconnection.org/ –– An on-line educational and support community for persons in pain, their families and physicians. A source for treatment options and pain information that is peer reviewed by leading pain specialists.  Access checked November 14, 2005.

North American Spine Society

http://www.spine.org –– This organization addresses the clinical problems faced by spine patients and their physicians. Access checked December 1, 2005.

Pain and Policy Studies Group

http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy/ –– A World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Policy and Communications in Cancer Care at the University of Wisconsin; facilitates public access to information about pain relief and public policy. Access checked January 9, 2006.

Pain and the Law

http://www.painandthelaw.org/ –– This site was been developed by the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University and the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics under a grant from The Mayday Fund. Access checked November 30, 2005.

Pain Management Resource Guide

http://www.mass.gov/dpl/services/pain.htm –– This website serves as a resource clearinghouse and distribution center for information regarding seminars and written materials on pain management, plus programs available to the residents of Massachusetts. Access checked January 6, 2006.

Pain Relief Connection (Newsletter)

http://www.massgeneral.org/painrelief/Newsletter/mghpain_connection.htm –– Pain Relief Connection is a very timely and informative newsletter with extensive links published monthly by MGH (Massachusetts General Hospital) Cares About Pain Relief. Current and past issues are archived as PDF files, and future issues are added at the time of publication. Individuals may register for a free e-mail subscription at the site.  Access checked July 10, 2006.

Pain Relief Network (PRN)

http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/ –– PRN is a public network of patients and their family members, physicians, attorneys, and activists who are working toward affording all people in pain dignity and compassion in the treatment of their medical conditions. Access checked July 29, 2006.

Pain.com

http://www.pain.com/ –– Extensive, industry-sponsored site providing free access to educational resources for professionals and patients, including: web-based CME, articles, and pain journals.  Access checked November 25, 2005.

painACTION.com

http://www.painaction.com/painaction/Home.aspx –– This website has been designed to help patients manage their chronic pain. It provides free access to pain journals, responses to common questions, and interactive support and educational tools. From the same organization that produces PainEDU. Access checked July 10, 2006.

PainBalance

http://www.painbalance.org –– is a comprehensive educational initiative to provide quality education, practical tools, and current information and resources to support appropriate care for all patients with pain and the clinicians who care for them. It is developed by clinical leaders in pain management practice and supported by Alpharma Pharmaceuticals LLC. Access checked July 17, 2007.

PainEDU.org

http://www.painedu.org/ –– PainEDU.org is developed by Inflexxion, Inc. through an unrestricted educational grant from Endo Pharmaceuticals. It is an educational website for clinicians, teaching about pain assessment and management. The information included at this site focuses on clinician interests, best practices in the field, and a desire to deliver health education in an interactive manner.  Access checked November 7, 2005.

PainKnowledge.org (NIPC)

http://painknowledge.org  –– This site is part of the National Initiative on Pain Control (NIPC®), which offers innovative, interactive, and practical activities providing guidance in pain assessment, and offer proven strategies for pain management, all with the aim of improving patient outcomes. Access checked July 10, 2006.

PainLink

http://www.edc.org/PainLink/ –– This is an archived website including project work from 1995 through 2001. Much of the content remains applicable to improving pain management in institutions.  Access checked November 25, 2005.

Partners Against Pain

http://www.partnersagainstpain.com/ –– Industry-sponsored, but non-commercial, site offers a wide variety of evidence-based resources for healthcare professionals and patients.  Access checked December 1, 2005.

Power Over Pain (POP) Campaign

http://www.poweroverpaincampaign.org/ –– This grassroots effort is designed to provide pain initiatives and other interested groups with tools to implement action-oriented public awareness campaigns on the state or community levels. Access checked November 27, 2005.

Society of Critical Care Medicine

http://www.sccm.org/ –– Professional organization devoted exclusively to the advancement of multi-professional intensive care through excellence in patient care, education, research, and advocacy. Access checked January 16, 2006.

SpineUniverse

http://www.spineuniverse.com/ –– This primarily consumer-oriented site provides medical information reviewed by leading orthopedic and neurosurgeons from around the world focusing on painful conditions of the back and neck. Access checked January 18, 2006.

StopPain.org

http://www.stoppain.org/ –– Sponsored by Beth Israel Hospital, New York, the mission of this website is to advance the educational aims of pain medicine and palliative care. This website represents an evolving process to meet the needs of an ever-increasing online audience of healthcare consumers and professionals seeking accurate, reliable information on treatment options. Access checked November 26, 2005.

Tame the Pain

http://www.medtronic.com/neuro/ttp/ –– An advocacy and awareness campaign funded by Medtronic, although generally noncommercial, and designed to improve chronic pain management by providing information primarily on non-pharmacologic therapies. Access checked January 13, 2006.

The Jason Program

http://www.jasonprogram.org –– This organization provides comfort and support to children with life limiting illnesses and their families through medical, emotional and spiritual care. Numerous sections focusing on pain can be found via the site search function. Access checked January 9, 2006.

The Legal Side of Pain

http://www.legalsideofpain.com/ –– This organization, a division of the J. Bolen Group LLC, specializes in the education of health care providers and office staff, with an emphasis on the development and implementation of compliance programs related to the use of controlled substances to treat pain, and the office-based treatment of opioid addiction.  Access checked November 12, 2005.

The Mayday Pain Project

http://www.painandhealth.org –– This site includes information, research, and resources on a variety of subjects relating to pain; however, many links are to sources of information via the mass media or other resources that may or may not be evidence-based. Access checked January 16, 2006.

The Oxford Pain Internet Site

http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/painpag –– Draws from the most up-to-date evidence-based resources available via Pubmed and through the Cochrane Library to evaluate and discuss pain management topics. Access checked January 9, 2006

WebMD Pain Management Health Center

http://www.webmd.com/diseases_and_conditions/pain.htm –– Consumer-oriented site offers current information on chronic pain treatments, as well as natural ways to manage chronic pain. One feature is an online support group.  Access checked November 30, 2005