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Monday 23rd  October 2017 Government moves to reclassify pain medications pregabalin and gabapentin create  fear and anxiety for people living with long-term pain Health charity Pain Concern is warning that moves to restrict prescribed painkillers pregabalin and gabapentin over their association with rising death rates and mis-use would have ...

We at Pain Concern wish to address the recent articles published in Pulse Today titled ‘Pregabalin and gabapentin set to become controlled drugs’ on the 21st September, and the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on the 25th September 2017 titled ‘UK government to reclassify pregabalin and gabapentin after ...

The BBC has published an article concerning the rising use of 'potentially addictive painkillers' in England. You can read it here. ...

Pain Concern is a national charity that supports those who live with long term pain, and those who care for them, by providing information on pain and its management through a variety of media platforms. We also raise awareness about pain and the need to improve the ...

Pain Concern supports the following press release from the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Faculty of Pain Medicine:  Response to recent news reports regarding fentanyl:The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) and The Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) are concerned with misinformation included in recent news reports regarding ...

Pain Concern's collaboration with Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) NHS was a winner last night at the Alliance Scotland's Self Management Awards. The project won in the Self Management Supporting Health and Social Care Partnership of the Year category. The winning team! The pilot project nominated for the award 'West ...

An Early Day Motion on Chronic Pain (Number 195) has been posted in the House of Commons and currently has the signatures of over 50 MPs. The Motion urges MPs to recognise the burden chronic pain places on individuals and society and the decrease in life expectancy linked ...

Pamela Bell of Pain Concern and Neil Betteridge of the Chronic Pain Policy Coalition outside the EU Parliament On Thursday 23 June millions of Britons go to the polls to decide whether to leave or remain in the European Union. Of course that’s not an issue Pain Concern ...

Champion of pain self-management and Co-creator of the Pain Toolkit Pete Moore speaks to Airing Pain's Paul Evans after being made an honorary member of the British Pain Society at the 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting.  Many congratulations, Pete, from all of us at Pain Concern. ...

Today, February 6 marks the 10th annual Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. It’s an awful thing to have to commemorate. According to the World Health Organization, about 140 million women and girls are living with the consequences of FGM–the vast majority (about 101 million) ...