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INFORMATION ON MEDICATIONS

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DRKOOP.COM Drug Checker This service allows you to take the preventive step of determining whether the drugs you are taking interact with each other, or interact with a certain food, and cause a bad reaction in your body
yourpharmacy.com Browse and compare drug prices, find out drug info and for those who want, even order online!
WebMD/MSN Drug Reference The list of medications included is very large and includes prescription and over the counter drugs.
Drug InfoNet Official Package Insert information on pharmaceuticals for both health professionals and consumers, available by brand name, generic name, manufacturer and therapeutic class.
Healththtouch Online Find information about more than 10,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications.
Medical Economics Interactive Links to PDR-search for medications by side effect or indication
Partners Against Pain Manufacturers website - Oxycontin
Partners Against Pain Manufacturers website - Oxycontin, OxyIR (immediate release oxycodone), MSContin, and MSIR ( Immediate release Morphine).
Duragesic Brand Profile: Duragesic® (fentanyl transdermal system) is the only medication that uses a transdermal (through-the-skin) patch to deliver a potent pain reliever for around-the-clock control. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.
DMSO Many Uses, Much Controversy by Maya Muir
DMSO Dimethyl Sulfoxide Diseases, Physical Conditions, and Medical Studies
ketamine
Ketamine
Ketamine: Fast Facts
USFDA Consumer Drug Information page
Drug reactions vary by gender Study shows hormones might play role
Dateline NBC: Drug mix-ups a growing problem
Pain Policy State by state laws, regulations and guidelines for prescribing controlled substances for pain management. Last updated 1-12-98.
Business Week "Conquering Pain"
The Painful Dilemma The Use of Narcotics for the Treatment of Chronic Pain. A report prepared by the SACRAMENTO-EL DORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY ad hoc committee on the treatment of pain - 1990
The Quality of Mercy Effective pain treatments already exist. Why aren't doctors using them? USNews Cover Story
OPIOIDS IN CHRONIC NONMALIGNANT PAIN
Current Thoughts on Opioid Analgesics and Addiction
POLITICS OF PAIN DRUG POLICY AND PAIN RELIEF by Dr. William Hurwitz
Methadone Patients and the Treatment of Pain J. Thomas Payte, M.D.
"Opioid Therapy for Chronic Nonmalignant Pain: Clinicians' Perspective" Russell K. Portenoy, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 24, no. 4 (1996): 296-309.
Chronic pain Reassessing the role of morphine and other narcotics - Mayo Clinic - October 10,1997
Long Term Treatment of Intractable Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy with Intrathecal Morphine The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
Pain medication used by persons suffering from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Literature review and pilot study of 45 RSD sufferers by Isabella J. Mori 5 April 1998
MEDICATIONS FOR CHRONIC PAIN Iowa's Woman Health Center
Marijuana is medicine! Institute of Medical Marijuana and the International Medical Marijuana Movement.
Waiting to inhale: hemp for health? Rigorous study of marijuana as medicine still needed By Charlene Laino - MSNBC News
Pot for Patients? Marijuana Has Value as Medicine, Report Shows- ABC News
Medicinal Marijuana Doctors Speak Out - Testimonials from physicians on the medicinal properties of marijuana
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