[HTML][HTML] A pain research agenda for the 21st century
Chronic pain represents an immense clinical problem. With tens of millions of people in the
United States alone suffering from the burden of debilitating chronic pain, there is a moral
obligation to reduce this burden by improving the understanding of pain and treatment
mechanisms, developing new therapies, optimizing and testing existing therapies, and
improving access to evidence-based pain care. Here, we present a goal-oriented research
agenda describing the American Pain Society's vision for pain research aimed at tackling …
United States alone suffering from the burden of debilitating chronic pain, there is a moral
obligation to reduce this burden by improving the understanding of pain and treatment
mechanisms, developing new therapies, optimizing and testing existing therapies, and
improving access to evidence-based pain care. Here, we present a goal-oriented research
agenda describing the American Pain Society's vision for pain research aimed at tackling …