Further help and information sources
The textbooks used to generate this website include:
Pharmacology. Rang et al,5th edition. Publisher: Elsevier.
Chapters 15,16,40.
Neuroscience: exploring the brain. Bear et al, 3rd edition. Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Chapter 12.
The journals cited throughout are thus:
Brian M. Berman, MD; Lixing Lao, PhD; Patricia Langenberg, PhD; Wen Lin Lee, PhD; Adele M.K. Gilpin, PhD; and Marc C. Hochberg, MD 2004. Effectiveness of Acupuncture as Adjunctive Therapy in Osteoarthritis of the Knee. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:901-910.
Kaplan KH, Goldenberg DL, Galvin-Nadeau M. The impact of a meditation-based stress reduction program on fibromyalgia. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 1993;15:284–289.
Bruckstein D. Effects of acceptance-based and cognitive behavioral interventions on chronic pain management. Dissertation Abstracts Int.
1999;60(1-B).
Astin JA, Berman BM, Bausell B, LeeW, Hochberg M, Forys KL. The efficacy of mindfulness meditation plus Qigong movement therapy in the treatment of fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial. J Rheumatol. 2003;30:2257–2262.
Plews-Ogan M, Owens JE, Goodman M, Wolfe P, Dvhorling J. Brief report: a pilot study evaluating mindfulness-based stress reduction and massage for the management of chronic pain. J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20:1136–1138
Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD, Sukdeb Datta, MD, Andrea M. Trescot, MD, David M. Schultz, MD, Rajive Adlaka, MD, Sairam L. Atluri, MD, Howard S. Smith, MD, PhD, and Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD. Epidural Steroids in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain: A Systematic Review. Pain Physician 2007; 10:185-212
Cox JJ, Reimann F, Nicholas AK, Thornton G, Roberts E, Springell K, Karbani G, Jafri H, Mannan J, Raashid Y, Al-Gazali L, Hamamy H, Valente EM, Gorman S, Williams R, McHale DP, Wood JN, Gribble FM, Woods G, 2006. An SCN9A channelopathy causes congenital inability to experience pain. Nature vol 444: 894-898.
Images used on this website
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