Our Mission
- To facilitate peer support and education for individuals with chronic pain and their families so that these individuals may live more fully in spite of their pain.
- To raise awareness among the health care community, policy makers, and the public at large about issues of living with chronic pain.
Please use our valuable resources:
The AgrAbility Project: Growing Well with Pain
Penney Cowan talks about chronic pain and pain management with farmers and ranchers.
Penney Cowan talks about chronic pain and pain management with farmers and ranchers.
In Case of Emergency - What to Expect & How to Prepare:
What you need to know if you have to go to the emergency department..
What you need to know if you have to go to the emergency department..
- Tip of the Week
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public advisory committee meeting on June 29 and June 30, 2009 to discuss acetaminophen use in both over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription (Rx) products, the potential for liver injury, and potential interventions to reduce the incidence of liver injury.
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- ACPA Forums
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Knowledge is an important pain management tool. To help you learn as much as you can about pain, the ACPA is offering a new segment on our web page, ACPA Forums.
The Forums deal with pain-related topics shaped by your questions. Answers are provided by health-care professionals in training at leading universities - future MDs, NPs, PAs, pharmacists, and more - and be reviewed by their professors before posting.
To visit the Forums, click here.
To submit a question, click here.
- Recent News
- FDA Takes Actions on Darvon, Other Pain Medications Containing Propoxyphene
- Consumers' Guide: Practice Guidelines for Low Back Pain
- Follow Directions: How to Use Methadone Safely
- ACPA Consumer Guide to Pain Medication and Treatments
- Events Calendar
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August 2009 
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- 8/13/2009
- Palliative Care Team Self-Care: Avoiding Burnout
- 8/17/2009
- University of Alabama at Birmingham – Birmingham, AL
See all events
Development of this new ACPA web site was
made possible through an unrestricted
educational grant from Purdue Pharma.
Purdue has no influence on the editorial content of the site. Ongoing funding also comes from memberships/donations from a range of individual contributors.
made possible through an unrestricted
educational grant from Purdue Pharma.
Purdue has no influence on the editorial content of the site. Ongoing funding also comes from memberships/donations from a range of individual contributors.
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