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Representatives
from APF made formal presentations during the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration’s (FDA) Joint Meeting of the Anesthetic
and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety
and Risk Management Advisory Committee on November 13th and
14th to express the need for well thought out Risk Evaluation
and Mitigation Strategies that
will not only address public safety, but will allow access to appropriate
pain medications to the millions of Americans living with chronic pain.
APF holds no opposition to programs and processes that increase safety
and surveillance of outcomes as long as these systems do no become so
complex that they are set up for failure and frustration for all
stakeholders. The unintended consequences will affect people living
with pain. That outcome is unacceptable. This public hearing took place
as new drug applications and safety profiles of two investigational pain
medications, Embeda™ and Remoxy™ were being discussed.
Please
join us on Friday, November 21st at 8:00 pm ET in APF’s PainAid
Chat Room for this Live Chat with Derek McGinnis, the American Pain
Foundation’s Amputee Advocate. We will be discussing the importance of
exercise as part of your pain care plan. Derek is an Iraq War Veteran
who served in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman for 11 years. After being
involved in an IED explosion in Fallujah, Iraq and losing his leg above
the knee, Derek focused on physical exercise and triathlon training to
help him cope with the mental and physical stress associated with pain
during his recovery. Please join us and be inspired by Derek’s story to
involve exercise in your pain care plan. There is limited space for this
chat, so please go to
APF
is pleased to have contributed a chapter on pain in the new
online
November
2008 celebrates National Family Caregivers Month, a time to
thank, support, educate and empower family caregivers, those
individuals providing care to loved ones living with chronic
illness, disability or the frailties of old age. For more information,
please visit
APF
commemorated the outstanding efforts made to improve pain
management and treatment for the millions of
Americans who are living in chronic pain by hosting “Images &
Inspiration,” an Annual Celebration and Awards Dinner held in
October at the American Visionary Arts Museum
in Baltimore. A
APF’s
Chief Executive Officer, Will Rowe, recently addressed an audience of
reporters at the National Press Foundation’s meeting, “The New
Understanding of Pain,” in Washington, D.C. Will was part of an esteemed
panel that provided reporters with an overview of pain issues, pain in
specific populations, treatment options, as well as the impact of pain
policy on clinical practice. Will spoke about pain from the consumer
perspective. Reporters were provided with a new APF publication, “
Out
of hundreds of submissions to APF and HealthCentral’s Pain and
Creativity Exhibit, these works of art were chosen as exemplary pieces,
reflecting the impact of pain on self and others, the diversity of the
experience, and the dark and hopeful sides of persistent pain.
APF
is pleased to collaborate with two other
leading pain organizations, the American Academy of Pain
Management and the American Society for Pain Management
Nursing, in the Let's Talk Pain Coalition, a
first of its kind to unite the perspectives of patients,
caregivers, and healthcare professionals. The core of this
work is to encourage people to talk more about pain,
listen actively and act in ways that improve care
for the millions of people who live with pain. A
