The American Academy of Pain Medicine

Pain Medicine Network Newsletter

The AAPM’s quarterly newsletter focuses on regional snapshots of Pain Medicine practice updates, liaison reports from other medical societies, and the accomplishments of committees and members. Click on the photo or links for a pdf of the current issue. All issues are ©American Academy of Pain Medicine.

Winter 2009 Pain Medicine Network Newsletter (pdf)
Features:
 * Military Pain-Care Provisions Become Law
 * Three Decades of Dedication Leads to a Successful Pain Summit
 * Grassroots Efforts to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse
 * Milnacipran: A Pharmacotherapeutic-Focused Brief Review
 * Treating Pain Must Be Key Part of Health Reform Bill

Fall 2009 Pain Medicine Network Newsletter (pdf)
Features:
 * AAPM Advises FDA on REMS for Opioids
 * AAPM Local Initiatives
 * California to Test Real-Time Prescription Monitoring
 * Exploring the Concept of Pain Catastrophizing
 * Tapentadol: A Pharmacotherapeutic-Focused Brief Review
 * Onsolis® REMS Independent of Other REMS

Winter 2008 Pain Medicine Network Newsletter (pdf)
Features:
 * Washington State Guidelines Noncancer Pain
 * Fentanyl Buccal Tablets
 * AAPM & DEA Collaborate for Positive Results
 * Louisiana Court Limit Pain Practice by CRNAs
 * What Your Colleagues Are Reading
 * Info on AAPM's New Patient Ed DVD

Fall 2008 Pain Medicine Network Newsletter (pdf)
Features:
 * A Mid-Year Report from the Executive Director
 * VA Expands Funding for Pain Program
 * Incorporation of Science and Clinical Medicine in the Process 
   of Patient-Specific and Patient-Centered Prescribing
 * What Your Colleagues are Reading
 * Does Postoperative Opioid Analgesia Carry an Increased Risk
   of Recurrent Malignancy?
 * Pain: New York 2008 - Pain Initiatives

Summer 2008 Pain Medicine Network Newsletter (pdf)
Features:
 * Fluoroscopy Coding
 * Understanding the Chemical Coper
 * What Your Colleagues Are Reading
 * New Product Review: Diclofenac Enolamine Patch
 * Why AAPM Members Should Join the AMA
 * In Memory of Hu Rosomoff
 * What Is an Algiatrist^TM?

Spring 2008 Pain Medicine Network Newsletter (pdf)
Features:
 * AAPM Annual Meeting Session Highlights
 * Nat'l Association Drug Diversion Investigators
 * Pregabalin: A Critical Review
 * AAPM Urges Support for Military Pain Care Act
 * What Your Colleagues Are Reading

Winter 2007 Pain Medicine Network Newsletter (pdf)
 * Advocacy – Pain Care Coalition
 * AMA Meeting – Interim Meeting Addresses Important
    Developments
 * FDA Issues Healthcare Provider Statement on Methadone Toxicity
 * 2007 Coding Changes
 * Product Analysis: Fentanyl Transdermal Iontophoretic System
 * Pain Clinic Moratorium Issued
 * What Your Colleagues Are Reading

Fall 2007 Pain Medicine Network Newsletter (pdf)
Features:
 * Pain Medicine as a Specialty
 * ABPM Seeks Residency Accreditation for Pain
 * Capps-Rogers Bill Introduced
 * Coding Changes for 2008
 * Duloxetine: Pharmacological Overview
 * What Your Colleagues Are Reading

Summer 2007 Pain Medicine Network Newsletter (pdf)
Features:
 * 24th Annual Meeting Preview
 * Extended-Release Epidural Morphine
 * Legislative & Regulatory Affairs
 * AAPM Membership Committee
 * Drug Metabolism
 * Scientific Abstract Call for Proposals
 * What Your Colleagues Are Reading
 * ABPM Certification & Recertification Info

Spring 2007 Pain Medicine Network Newsletter (pdf)
Features:
 * Annual Meeting Highlights – New Orleans
 * AAPM Attends ONDCP Meeting on Prescription Drug Abuse
 * Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
 * 2007 Presidential Commendation Award Recipients
 * What Your Colleagues Are Reading
 * Pain, Opioids, and Addiction: An Urgent Problem for
    Doctors & Patients
 * Call for 2008 Awards Nominations

Fall 2006 Pain Medicine Network Newsletter (pdf)
Features:
 * Looking Forward to 2007 Meeting
 * Understanding Consultation Codes
 * What Your Colleagues Are Reading
 * Methadone: Novel & Potentially Hazardous Opioid Analgesic
 * New DEA Policy Statements Explained
 * AAPM Advocacy Success

Summer 2006 Pain Network Newsletter (pdf)
Features:
 * Pain & Palliative Medicine & AMA
 * AAPM Educates Public about Fentalin Abuse
 * Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain

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