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Internet Medicine Guide: Pain
by Stephen J. Peroutka. M.D., Ph.D.
The following list contains the "Top 10 Pain Web Sites" for general patient
information, as ranked by Dr. Stephen J. Peroutka in June 2000. This list was
created in order to provide patients with a list of high quality web sites.
Additional Internet Medicine Guides are available for:
For a more extensive list of evaluated pain sites, as well as the criteria used for
the evaluation, please contact DrPeroutka@aol.com. Comments on this web page are
also welcomed!
Top 10 Web Sites for General Information on Pain
(100 points maximum)
Rating: Site
70
Adult Pain (University of Iowa, date unknown)
Excellent and extensive overview of pain developed by the nursing students at the University of Iowa. A great "first stop" for any pain patient.
70
American Pain Foundation (American Pain Foundation, 2000)
An outstanding resource for pain patients. The site is very well organized and leads the patient to various other web sites for detailed information on various aspects of pain. The site also has an extensive listing of resources for patients.
65
Dick Chapman's Home Page (C. Richard Chapman, Ph.D., date unknown)
Well written overview of pain for knowledgeable patients. This site has an excellent glossary of pain-related terms as well as an extensive list of other relevant web sites (although without reviews).
65
Pain: Ask NOAH (The New York Academy of Medicine, 1999)
An extensive listing of Internet sites for pain but without quality-based evaluations.
60
Library References - Pain Management (Mayo Clinic Health Oasis, 2000)
A compilation of well written articles on various pain topics.
55
ACPA (American Chronic Pain Association, 1999)
55
Partners Against Pain (Purdue Pharma L.P, 2000)
An interesting and successful mix of information from either a patient's or medical professsional's perspective.
50
Pain Net, Inc. (Pain Net, Inc., date unknown)
50
North American Chronic Pain Association of Canada (North American Chronic Pain Association of Canada, 2000)
50
allHealth: Pain & Fatigue (iVillage, Inc. , 2000)
This Pain and Faitigue Center has good information on a number of topics but is limited by its lack of references.
In addition, if you would like to find additional web sites, I would recommend the use of
the Google Search Engine provided below:
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