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ARACHNODITIS ADHESIVE ARACHNOIDITIS	ARTHRITIS MAKING DRUGS ACCESSIBLE	GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME LANDRY'S ASCENDING PARALYSIS
SYRINGOMYELIA SYRINX	FMS EXPLAINED	FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME TENDER POINT CHART
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MIGRAINE INFORMATION FROM JAMA	MIGRAINE PAIN MAY ORIGINATE IN THE MENINGES	MIGRAINE & COEXISTING CONDITIONS AMERICAN C. FOR H-ACHE EDU.
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THE BIG HURT REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY	REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY RSD EXPLAINED	SPASMOTIC TORTICOLLIS (ST) UNIVERSITY OF FLA. SCIENCE CENTER
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TRANSVERSE MYELITIS NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS	SCLERODERMA FACT SHEET	SPONDYLITIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA	CROHN'S DISEASE RESOURCES	NATIONAL VULVODYNIA ASSOCIATION
INTERSTITAL CYSTITIS ASSOCIATION (ICA)	SJOGREN'S SYNDROME FOUNDATION	CRPS COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME
SHINGLES INFORMATION	STEM-CELL PRIMER	TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA ASSOC. WITH MS
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS	DISPELLING THE MYTHS ABOUT OPIOIDS	PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA
COCCYDYNIA TAILBONE PAIN	MPS MYOFASCIAL PAIN	IMPORTANT INFO MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME
CMPS CHRONIC MYOFASCIAL PAIN	SYMPTOMS OF OSTEOARTHRITIS	IMPORTANT INFO ON OSTEOARTHRITIS

AS A PAIN PATIENT....
Have you experienced pain episodes so intense, that you were forced to go to the nearest Hospital Emergency Room?

If so, once there, were you given disrespecful and inadequate care at these facilities?

Then our forms below will assist in helping you recieve better care and treatment on future visits, by establishing your diagnosis, medication history and the signature of your Physician, stating such is true.

Please feel free to print out both forms to take to your next appointment with your doctor.

Your physician can then go over these forms, fill them out and you can present them to the ER Staff the next time you return.

Patient Complaint Hot Line
For JCAHO
When you receive inadequate pain assessment and management from a JCAHO accredited facility:

Call: 1-800-994-6610 Fax: 1-630-792-5636
Or Write: complaint@jcaho.org
If you file a complaint with JCAHO, one of the following actions will be taken:

Incorporate in monitoring database.
Review complaint at next survey.
Ask organization to provide written response.
Conduct unannounced on-site evaluation.