Meridian Health Group Links and Resources

The following links are additional pain resources we have found that may be helpful for patients and practitioners alike.


Agency fro Healthcare Research and Quality

Alliance of State Pain Initiatives

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

American Academy of Neurology - Resource Information
AAN Guideline Summary for Clinicians: Migraine Headache

American Academy of Neurology - Resource Information
AAN Guideline Summary for Paients and Their Families: Migraine Headache.

American Academy of Neurology - Resource Information
AAN Practice Parameter: Evidenced-based Guidelines for Migraine, Sept 2000

American Academy of Pain Management

American Academy of Pain Medicine

American Academy of Pain Medicine - Resource Information
The Necessity for Early Evaluation and Treatment of the Chronic Pain Patient. American Academy of Pain Medicine, 1997

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Academy of Physician Assistants

American Board of Pain Medicine

American Chronic Pain Association

American Chronic Pain Association

American Chronic Pain Association - Resource Information
ACPA Medications & Chronic Pain. American Chronic Pain Association, Supplement 2005

American Headache Society

American Medical Association

American Pain Foundation

American Pain Society

American Pain Society - Resource Information
Definitions Related to the Use of Opioids for the Treatment of Pain, American Pain Society 2001

American Pain Society - Resource Information
Managed Care and Pain, American Pain Society,2000

American Pain Society - Resource Information
The Use of Opioids for the Treatment of Chronic Pain, American Academy of Pain Medicine and American Pain Society, 1997

American Society for Addiction Medicine

American Society for Pain Management Nursing

American Society of Anesthesiologists

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

American Society of Pain Educators

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses

American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Association of American Medical Colleges/MedEdPORTAL

Center to Advance Palliative Care

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care

International Association for the Study of PainĀ®

National Association of State Controlled Substance Authorities

National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain

National Headache Foundation

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

National Pain Education Council

National Pain Foundation

Pain & The Law/St. Louis University

Pain and Palliative Care Resource Center/City of Hope

Pain and Policy Studies Group/University of Wisconsin

Pain Treatment Topics

Painmanagement Web

Partners Against Pain

Practical Pain Management - Resource Information
Neurological Perspectives Guidelines for the 21st Century: Breaking Down the Barriers of Pain, Practical Pain Management, 2001

Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care

Shaare Zedek Cancer Pain and Palliative Care Reference Data

Society for Pain Practice Management

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The Mayday Pain Project

Tufts Healthcare Institute/Program for Opioid Risk Management

United States Pharmacopeia

Wisconsin Pain Initiative