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Clonazepam for the treatment of lancinating phantom limb pain
S L Bartusch1, B J Sanders, J G D'Alessio
1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38103-2897, USA.
The Clinical Journal of Pain
|March 1, 1996
Abstract
Objective:
To propose clonazepam for use in the empiric treatment of shooting/shocking phantom limb pain.
Setting:
Outpatient pain clinic associated with a university hospital.
Patients:
Two patients with phantom limb pain after total hip disarticulation.
Interventions:
Treatment with clonazepam.
Results And Conclusions:
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.