Intrathecal medication are used in patients who have failed all - TopicsExpress



          

Intrathecal medication are used in patients who have failed all other conservative treatments and are not a candidate for surgery. Small doses of narcotic with or without non-narcotic medication is infused into the spinal fluid surrounding the spinal cord to interrupt transmission of pain signals between your spinal cord and brain. A spinal drug pump may help provide chronic pain patients round-the-clock pain relief. Intrathecal drug pump and infusion pump are other names for these devices. Spinal pumps are implanted inside the body. These programmable devices deliver measured and safe drug doses of pain medicine......
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:07:08 +0000

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