Pain Index
Department of Neurosurgery
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Surgery can dramatically benefit people suffering from certain pain syndromes, particularly those characterized by paroxysmal pain such as trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia (though medications such as carbamazepine/Tegretol are often also effective and should be tried first.) Chronic pain not caused by direct pressure on nerves usually requires treatments other than surgery. The following may be sources of useful information for people (and their loved ones) experiencing such a pain syndrome. Resources at North Carolina Baptist Hospital for such patients are abundant. The appropriate resource here is usually best identified by calling Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. Health On-Call. Internet resources related to chronic pain include the following: Links to more information about trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia Links to information on back or neck injury and surgery: Wake Forest University School of Medicine Spine Neurosurgery US NIH Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Guidelines related to pain Acute Pain Management after Surgery Consumer's Guide Formas de controlar el dolor despues de una operacion Spanish Consumer's Guide Acute Pain Management after Surgery Physician's Clinical Practice Guide Acute Pain Management after Surgery in Adults Physician's Quick Reference Guide Acute Pain Management after Surgery in Children Physician's Quick Reference Guide Cancer Pain Management Consumer's Guide El control del dolor causado por el cáncer Spanish Consumer's Guide Cancer Pain Management Physician's Clinical Practice Guide Chronic Pain Information from the (US) National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Hope Through Research The terrible triad Sounding the pain alarm Broadcasting the news Censoring the news The gate theory of pain The brain's own opiates A new look at pain treatments New and old drugs for pain Psychological methods Surgery to relieve pain The major pains Where to go for help Shingles Headaches Headache: Hope Through Research Chronic Pain Central Pain Syndrome Reflex Symapthetic Dystrophy Peripheral Neuropathy Arachnoiditis Post-polio syndrome National Chronic Pain Outreach Association (NCPOA) North American Chronic Pain Association of Canada (This site has extensive links.) The Wellness Web Pain Center USA Fibrositis Association An open discusssion on chronic pain is provided by the MGH NeurologyWebForums. Select Chronic Pain. An open discusssion on reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is provided by the MGH NeurologyWebForums. Select RSD. An open discusssion on headache is provided by the MGH NeurologyWebForums. Select Headache. Newsgroup alt.med.fibromyalgia FIBROM-L email list (50-100 postings a day!) To subscribe, send an e-mail message with a blank subject line to LISTSERV@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU . In the body of the message type: subscribe FIBROM-L YourFirstName YourLastName. PAIN-L e-mail discussion list on chronic pain To subscribe send an email message to listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu . In the body of the message type: subscribe PAIN-L YourFirstName YourLastName. To post a message send mail to PAIN-L@maelstrom.stjohns.edu Pediatric Pain email discussion group (mailing list). Related Indexes from Wake Forest University School of Medicine Neurosurgery Wake Forest University School of Medicine Spine Neurosurgery Homepage with more information about surgical treatment of trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia. Wake Forest University School of Medicine Trigeminal Neuralgia Homepage with more back and neck injury links. Also see Disability Links