Intrathecal analgesia: time to consider it for your patient?

Naum Shaparin; Andrew Sim; Marco Pappagallo; Karina Gritsenko; Veronica Carullo; Jessica Tsukanov; Boleslav Kosharskyy

Intrathecal analgesia: time to consider it for your patient?

J Fam Pract. 2015 Mar;64(3):166-72.

Authors

Naum Shaparin¹, Andrew Sim, Marco Pappagallo, Karina Gritsenko, Veronica Carullo, Jessica Tsukanov, Boleslav Kosharskyy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Family and Social Medicine/Palliative Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA. Email: [email protected].

PMID: 25789343

Abstract

When systemic analgesics or antispasmodics fail to control chronic pain or cause intolerable adverse effects, an intrathecal drug delivery system may be the best bet.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Analgesia* / adverse effects
Analgesia* / methods
Analgesics / administration & dosage*
Chronic Pain* / diagnosis
Chronic Pain* / drug therapy
Chronic Pain* / etiology
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Drug Resistance
Drug Tolerance
Humans
Infusion Pumps, Implantable*
Infusions, Spinal* / adverse effects
Infusions, Spinal* / methods
Pain Management / methods
Pain Measurement
Parasympatholytics / administration & dosage*
Patient Selection
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Analgesics
Parasympatholytics