Pain Resources

If you need additional help with your pain, you may:

• Request a referral from your family physician to a local pain clinic or the anesthesia department at a local hospital.

• Call your county society of anesthesiologists and ask for a list of pain management specialists in your area.

The following resources may also be helpful:

• American Academy of Pain Management
  Telephone: 209/533-9744
  E-mail: aapm@aapainmanage.org
  Web site: www.aapainmanage.org

• American Pain Foundation
  Telephone: 888/615-7246
  E-mail: info@painfoundation.org
  Web site: www.painfoundation.org

• American Pain Society
  Telephone: 844/375-4715
  E-mail: info@painfoundation.org
  Web site: www.ampainsoc.org

• American Society of Anesthesiologists
  Telephone: 847/825-5586
  E-mail: mail@asahq.org
  Web site: www.asahq.org

• Amputee Coalition
  900 East Hill Ave., Suite 285
  Knoxville, TN 37915
  Telephone: 888/AMP-KNOW (267-5669)
  E-mail: acainfo@amputee-coalition.org
  Web site: www.amputee-coalition.org

• International Association for the Study of Pain
  Telephone: 206/547-6409
  E-mail: iaspdesk@juno.com
  Web site: www.iasp-pain.org

• Mayday Pain Project
  E-mail: mail@painandhealth.org
  Web site: www.painandhealth.org

• The National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain
  Telephone: 731/862-9332
  E-mail: jfshmd@houston.rr.com
  Web site: www.paincare.org

• National Institutes of Health
  Telephone: 301/496-4000
  E-mail: nihinfo@od.nih.gov
  Web site: www.nih.gov

• National Library of Medicine
  Telephone: 888/346-3656
  E-mail: custserv@nlm.nih.gov
  Web site: www.nlm.nih.gov

• Pain Net
  Telephone: 614/481-5960
  E-mail: info@painnet.com
  Web site: www.painnet.com

• Pain and Policy Studies Group
  Telephone: 608/263-7662
  E-mail: ppsg@med.wisc.edu
  Web site: www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy

• World Wide Congress of Pain
  Telephone: 800/328-2308
  E-mail: editor@pain.com
  Web site: www.pain.com

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