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Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain websites - information and support in Australia and overseas.

Managing our chronic pain - links to information on pain medications and other techniques for coping with pain.

More about chronic pain - links to articles about the causes and treatment of chronic pain - a bit more technical.

Politics of pain relief - links to articles, guidelines and policy statements arguing for a compassionate and practical approach to treating chronic pain ... including the use of opioid (narcotic) medication.

Pain problems - my own experiences of pain and medications, including methadone ..... from "My Story"

Methadone beat-up - my letter to Scientific American objecting to their reporting of an "alarming" rise in methadone overdose deaths.

Dealing with chronic, severe pain - Kit shares her experiences and coping tips.

Pain clinic - by Mary Campbell. A CFS sufferer's experience of multidisciplinary pain management.

Multidisciplinary pain management and the "bio-psycho-social" explanation for chronic pain and illness - an introduction.

Know your enemy - an article I wrote on what I call the "rehabilitation model" of chronic pain treatment (the one that says it's "all in your head").

Coping with Chronic Pain - extracts from Back on Deck by Wayne Tickner. "With the right information and the right attitude life can be good again, in spite of ongoing pain". In these extracts the author discusses frustration, making changes, accepting help and viewing your life positively.

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome - these extracts from Devin Starlanyl's book explain the basics about trigger points and myofascial pain.

Pain research news from Australia, and Myofascial pain links on the Treatment and Research links pages.

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