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Dr. Dan Gottlieb, a psychologist who hosts Voices in the Family on NPR radio, recently had a show on chronic pain, and I was pleased to have been one of the guests.  Here’s the link to the podcast of this 11/19/07 Voices in the Family NPR […]

Today is the deadline for submissions to November’s Pain-Blog Carnival, which will run this Friday, November 30.  Please submit your post here.
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This article is one in a series on Medications for Pain…  What are your choices?  How do various medications work?  What are the pros and cons?  How about side effects?  (Discuss these ideas […]

In honor of the American tradition of Thanksgiving, November’s Pain-Blog Carnival theme will be thankfulness.  (Preference will be given to articles on this theme, although others will be considered.)  The deadline for November’s carnival will be Monday, November 26, and the carnival will be Friday, November 30.  Please submit your article here.
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This article is one in a series on Medications for Pain…  What are your choices?  How do various medications work?  What are the pros and cons?  How about side effects?  (Discuss these ideas with your doctor.  Don’t make any changes to your treatment by yourself.)
Today we’ll look at the medication category of Anti-Hypertensive Medication.  This […]

This article is one in a series on Medications for Pain…  what are your choices?  how do various medications work?  what are the pros and cons?  how about side effects?  (Discuss these ideas with your doctor.  Don’t make any changes to your treatment by yourself.)
Today we’ll look at the medication category of Muscle Relaxants.  Muscle relaxants […]

Last week we looked at what the painter Renoir was willing to do to continue his art.  He was plagued with rheumatoid arthritis, but didn’t let this stop him.  He wanted to paint, so tied his paintbrush to his hand.  Wow!
How else did Renoir cope with the severe pain of his crippling disease?  He juggled!  […]

Welcome to our October Pain-Blog Carnival… the best articles of the last month. This is the first of our monthly carnivals. Hope you enjoy the articles!

Fighting Fatigue writes on the Biochemical Origin on Pain, which proposes that pain disorders be classified by their inflammatory profiles. An important idea because classifying is one of the 1st […]

This article is one in a series on Medications for Pain…  what are your choices?  how do various medications work?  what are the pros and cons?  how about side effects?  (Discuss these ideas with your doctor.  Don’t make any changes to your treatment by yourself.)
The class of medication we’ll look at today is Anesthetics, which […]

What do you and Paris Hilton have in common?  With so many parties to go to, Paris Hilton may not have time to exercise regularly.  And I bet there were no personal trainers available to help keep her motivated during her jail time :)  Exercising for us non-celebrities with chronic pain may be challenging too, because of […]

This article is one in a series on Medications for Pain…  what are your choices?  how do various medications work?  what are the pros and cons?  how about side effects?  (Discuss these ideas with your doctor.  Don’t make any changes to your treatment by yourself.)
The class of medication we’ll look at today is Antidepressants, which are […]