Clonazepam for the Treatment of Lancinating Phantom Limb Pain
Authors:
- Jeff B. SandersJSJeff B. Sanders
- John G. D'ALessioJDJohn G. D'ALessio
- Jefferey R. JerniganJJJefferey R. Jernigan
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Clinical Journal of Pain
- Vol. 12 (1) , 59-62
Abstract
To propose clonazepam for use in the empiric treatment of shooting/shocking phantom limb pain. Outpatient pain clinic associated with a university hospital. Two patients with phantom limb pain after total hip disarticulation. Treatment with clonazepam. Clonazepam provided effective relief for > 6 months in two patients with shooting/shocking phantom limb pain. Although clonazepam therapy is not new, it appears to have been omitted from current pain texts and journals as a treatment option for phantom limb pain.Keywords
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