[Tiapride and pain in amputees]

Missing limb pain remains a preoccupying and worrisome problem for amputees. Approximately one-third of amputees experience missing limb pain. Although it often abates with time, this pain disables the patient in the first few months following amputation. We carried out a therapeutic trial of oral tablets of tiapride, which was given to twenty patients in three daily doses of 50 to 100 mg each. Tiapride was the sole medication in most instances. Analgesia appeared after an interval of 24 hours to 15 days. Clinical tolerance was excellent. Efficiency in terms of resolution of pain is observed in most cases.