Pain Research

AAPM Official Letter Opposing Louisiana HB 941

The below letter was submitted to the Louisiana State House of Representatives’ Health and Welfare Committee and bill sponsor, Representative Illg on 5/10/22. Re: House Bill 941 Dear Representative Illg, Chairman Bagley, and members [...]

Our Response to 2022 CDC Opioid Guidelines

The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), the nation’s preeminent physician-led multispecialty pain management association, is proud of our mission dedicated to advancing multidisciplinary pain care, education,  advocacy, and research to improve the quality [...]

AAPM Recently Joined 6 Other Pain Specialty Societies

AAPM has recently joined six (6) other Pain Specialty Societies on a letter to the Medicare Administrative Contractor Medical Directors supporting coverage of epidural injections for management of chronic pain.  The letter provides detailed information about [...]

Shining a Light on Chronic Pain

A recent study from researchers at CÚRAM, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Medical Devices at NUI Galway, explores the use of optogenetics as a method to relieve chronic pain. Optogenetics uses genetically-encoded proteins [...]

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