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
- A Prescription Drug Abuse Education Program
Did you know that nearly one-quarter of 12th graders report that they have abused prescription drugs by the time they graduate from high school? In fact, research shows that prescription drug abuse among our nation's youth is surging. In response to this growing problem, the National Association of School Nurses teamed up with PriCara®, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., on a program called "Smart Moves, Smart Choices." The program aims to educate middle and high school students about the serious risks of abusing prescription medicines.
Videos and Curricula "Smart Moves, Smart Choices" features a free, four-part video series. The program takes a news-based approach to educating American youth about the serious risks of prescription drug abuse. The program includes video for parents, who play an important role in reinforcing their children's education about prescription medications. To view the videos visit www.pbs.org/newshour/thenews/themedic/.
- 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
- Follow Directions: How to Use Methadone Safely
- ACPA Consumer Guide to Pain Medication and Treatments
- House passed the Pain Care Policy Act of 2009
- Fibromyalgia PSA
- Events Calendar
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- 7/11/2009
- Alzheimer's Association Internation Conference on Prevention of Dementia
- 7/19/2009
- Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management Annual Conference and Exhibition
- 7/26/2009
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting
- 7/26/2009
- American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting
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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