Pain Management & HIV/AIDS
Articles
 HIV and Neuropathy: How to Avoid Becoming a Nervous Wreck (Regularly Updated)
A blog by Dave R.
From TheBody.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"
To read PDF, click here.
From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- Headaches (2006)
Part of "A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects"
To read PDF, click here.
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)
[Archived Article]
From Center for Palliative Care Education
- A Clinical Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS (2003)
[Archived Article]
To read PDF, click here.
From U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
- Pain Treatment, Addiction and HIV (2003)
[Archived Article]
To read PDF, click here.
From PositiveWords
- Palliative Care for People Living With HIV/AIDS (May/June 2002)
[Archived Article]
An entire issue devoted to this topic.
In Innovations in End-of-Life Care
- Assembly Bill 487 (Fall 2001)
[Archived Article]
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
- Beverly Bergman: "So That No One Should Have to Suffer..." (Fall 2001)
[Archived Article]
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
- Doctor Found Reckless for Not Relieving Pain (Fall 2001)
[Archived Article]
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
- Palliative Treatments of Last Resort: Choosing the Least Harmful Alternative (PDF) (March 21, 2000)
[Archived Article]
In Annals of Internal Medicine
- Senate Bill to Nullify Death With Dignity Act Also Threatens Pain Care Nationwide (Spring 2000)
[Archived Article]
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
- Pain in Children With HIV/AIDS (2000)
[Archived Article]
From National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center
- Gene Therapy for Pain (April 30, 1999)
[Archived Article]
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Pain Medications and Recovery (Winter 1998/1999)
[Archived Article]
In Notes From the Underground, from PWA Health Group
- Compassion Leads Effort to Notify Patients of Pain Treatments (January 1999)
[Archived Article]
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
- A Memo to All State Medical Boards (January 12, 1998)
[Archived Article]
On improving end-of-life pain and symptom management.
From Compassion in Dying
- Chronic Pain: Hope Through Research (September 1997)
[Archived Article]
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Haven't Got Time for the Pain (August 1997)
[Archived Article]
By Howard L. Rosner, M.D.
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
- Pain Management in Children With HIV/AIDS (July/August 1997)
[Archived Article]
By Mary Jo O'Hara, R.N., and Lynn Czarniecki, R.N.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- A Guide To Pain Management in HIV-Infected Patients (April 1997)
[Archived Article]
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
- Management of Pain in End-Stage HIV Disease (April 1997)
[Archived Article]
By Howard L. Rosner, M.D.
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
- Where to File Complaints for Under-Treatment of Pain
[Archived Article]
From Compassion in Dying
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