Partners Against Pain®

Keeping you informed about new developments in pain management.

In 1993, Purdue created Partners Against Pain® (PAP) to forge an informational alliance among physicians, nurses, pharmacists, hospice personnel, pain experts, patients, and caregivers in the fight to ease cancer and non-cancer pain. Purdue sponsors the award-winning website - www.partnersagainstpain.com - an invaluable resource that provides pain information, assessment tools, and support 24 hours a day.

Through PAP, Purdue commissioned a national survey of more than 1,000 chronic pain sufferers to learn more about access and barriers to pain treatment within the United States. Chief among the findings was the fact that almost half of American households (44 million, or 43 percent) have at least one family member who suffers from chronic pain resulting from a specific illness or medical condition. One-third of the sufferers queried described their chronic pain as so severe and debilitating that they feel unable to function normally, and sometimes feel their pain is so bad they want to die.

"Educational efforts such as Partners Against Pain, which inform patients and physicians about the latest developments in pain management, coupled with the new JCAHO standards, form the cornerstone of providing all patients with the very best pain care available, regardless of where they are being treated."
—Neil Irick, M.D. and noted pain specialist