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? Antidepressants are medications originally used to treat depression or anxiety, and which are also good for pain. Within this class, there are: Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), which include […]

This article is in our series on Medications for Pain…  what are your choices?  how do various medications work?  what are the pros and cons?  how about side effects? The class of medication we’re looking at today is called Anticonvulsants, which are medications originally used to treat seizure disorders.  Within this class, there are: “1st generation” […]

This article is in our series on Medications for Pain. What are your choices? How do various medications work? Pros and cons? Side effects? NSAIDS are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The 3 types of medication in this class are: Aspirin Non-selective cox inhibitors, e.g. Motrin (Ibuprophen). (The “cox” relates to an enzyme in our bodies involved in inflammation.) Selective […]

This is a series about medications for pain. For each medication class, we’ll cover: what are your choices? how do various medications work? what are the pros and cons of different types of medication? how about side effects? I hope this information will be helpful to you, both to better understand the current medications you’re on, as well […]

Chronic illness is hard for patients to come to terms with. Something that will not get better with a quick diagnosis and easy treatment. As well, chronic illness is hard for people in our society to understand if they haven’t been there. “The fact that you’re just not going to get better seems unbelievable to most people. […]

We all have the occasional headache – maybe we’re tense and stressed, maybe we’re too tired, maybe we had a bit too much wine. But for some, headaches are more complex and painful. This book is for you if you’re beyond the “every once in a while” stage. This book is written by a general […]

Carla Valentino developed a severe neurological pain condition, CRPS (also called RSD), after spraining her ankle. When her young daughter asked Carla when they’d be able to play again, this book was born. It’s a lovely, gentle, positive story. We all know that pain diseases affect not just the person with the illness, but their family and friends […]

Doctor, Why Does My Face Still Ache?  is an informative, thorough book. I thought it was great! Written by 2 dentist, the book offers information and help to patients with ongoing facial pain. Chapters include the biology of the face and neck, reasons for chronic facial pain, and treatment options. It is well written, friendly and easy to […]

We know that comprehensive pain treatment gives patients the best results. Less pain and better functioning. Unfortunately there are few integrative pain centers available, and few doctors practice truly bio-psycho-social care on their own. Dr. Stephen Colameco’s book Chronic Pain: A Way Out, is a wonderful example of a complete pain care program. In the first half of […]

This review is written by Jeisea, the excellent blogger at CRPS-RSD A Better Life. What I’d like to share with you is the new NOI Group book The Graded Motor Imagery Handbook. This follows on from their really helpful Explain Pain book. Dr. Lorimer Moseley, one of the 4 authors says, “people in pain do better […]