CPS isn't easy to define/explain, and isn't necessarily any single condition (
many conditions may fall under it), but as I understand it, (and I think I mentioned this before) it is a psychosocial disorder that occurs in some patients with (noncancer) Chronic Pain in which symptoms of the pain consume the attention of the patients and becomes incapacitating. It often/usually involves 2 or more co-existing pain conditions or wide spread generalized pain.
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Originally Posted by chaos
I do have an appt with my pain doc on Wed. I need to go over with her about a long term treatment. She mentioned a neurostimulator when I was in last. My DH met a woman with CRPS that has one, and that I'll meet this coming weekend. I'll be able to pick her brain about a lot, hopefully. My doc said she won't prescribe opiates because I smoke MMJ. Stupid DEA!!
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There's actually more to it than just the DEA. E.g. spoze a MM patient (not talking about you because you don't have any
) forgot they took their opiate, and took them again... or several times. Not good.
If you'd like, you can pick a lot of brains here about neurostimulators in the
SCS & Pain Pumps forum.
Doc