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This resolution expresses House support for designating November as "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Awareness Month." Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a rare, poorly understood chronic pain disorder that typically affects limbs following trauma or surgery and disproportionately impacts women, particularly those over 50 years old. The condition has no FDA-approved treatment and poses significant diagnostic and access challenges for patients seeking specialized care. The resolution recognizes the need for increased awareness, improved early diagnosis, and accelerated research and drug development efforts—highlighting regulatory pathways like the FDA's Accelerated Approval Process that could help bring new treatments to patients with rare diseases like CRPS. This is a symbolic measure with no direct funding or enforcement mechanism, intended to raise public awareness and support ongoing efforts by organizations like the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association to advance treatments and a potential cure.

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