Pain Management: Articles
 HIV and Neuropathy: How to Avoid Becoming a Nervous Wreck (Regularly Updated)
A blog by Dave R.
From TheBody.com
 HIV JournalView: September 2012 (October 15, 2012)
David Alain Wohl, M.D., explores recently published findings regarding access to HIV care in the U.S., the impact of pain on clinic no-shows, links between atazanavir and gall/kidney stones, anal sex and HIV among women, and the limits of echocardiography.
In HIV JournalView, from TheBodyPRO.com
- HIV-Related Pain (May 2012)
From The Well Project
- Can I Get A Witness! Authentic Voices Tell the Story of Neuropathy: A Blog Entry by Dave R. (April 11, 2012)
"Authors, scientists, doctors, journalists and bloggers can write about neuropathy until they're blue in the face but there's no substitute for hearing people tell their own stories."
From TheBody.com
- FDA Pain Patch Decision: Making a "Sophie's Choice" With People's Lives (February 21, 2012)
"I went into this hearing hoping for a new treatment for [neuropathy], which I have ... borne witness to with so many friends over the years," writes Matt Sharp. "But truth be told, the evidence in favor of the pain patch was just not strong enough."
From HIVandHepatitis.com
 Pain, Drugs and the Risks of Self-Medication (February 14, 2012)
"I share this experience to convey that I understand the disabling effects of severe pain and our complicated relationship with the medications that control it. We may need these drugs at times, but they can quickly and all too easily create other significant problems."
From TheBody.com
 The Pain Blog: A Blog Entry by Shana Cozad (November 8, 2011)
"I acknowledge you. I feel you with my every walk and climbing of stairs, I feel you when I sit and I feel you when I lay down. I still feel 'most' of you when I take aspirin to try to suppress you. I wanted nothing more when I was growing up than to be acknowledged for who I was. Perhaps you need to be acknowledged too."
From TheBody.com
- Lancet Comment: Make Pain Treatment, Palliative Care Available to End "Suffering of Millions" (September 10, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Fibromyalgia, H.I.V. and Chronic Fatigue (January 21, 2010)
In The New York Times
- Somatic Symptoms: Mental Health Approach and Differential Diagnosis (November 2008)
A resource for HIV care providers.
To read PDF, click here.
From New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
- Muscle Aches and Pains (2006)
Part of "A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects"
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From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- Headaches (2006)
Part of "A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects"
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From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- Palliative Care and HIV (2006)
A chapter from Clinical Manual for Management of the HIV-Infected Adult.
From AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center
- Pain Syndrome and Peripheral Neuropathy (2006)
A chapter from Clinical Manual for Management of the HIV-Infected Adult.
From AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center
- Pain in the HIV-Infected Substance User (August 2005)
To read PDF, click here.
From New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
- Palliative Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Appraisal (PDF) (2004)
A report by King's College researchers in London on the current provision of palliative care across sub-Saharan Africa; includes recommendations for scaling up the delivery of palliative services.
From Kings College, London
- Overview of HIV/AIDS Palliative Care (2003)
From Center for Palliative Care Education
- A Clinical Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS (2003)
To read PDF, click here.
From U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
- Pain Treatment, Addiction and HIV (2003)
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From PositiveWords
- Palliative Care for People Living With HIV/AIDS (May/June 2002)
An entire issue devoted to this topic.
In Innovations in End-of-Life Care
- Assembly Bill 487 (Fall 2001)
The amended Assembly Bill 487 now requires all physicians to take courses in pain management and treatment of the terminally ill, as part of their continuing education for re-licensure.
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
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