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Old 05-07-2015, 10:12 AM
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Thumbs up Italy's version of Pain Management

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Originally Posted by jdvp View Post
Hi Everyone,

My father-in-law lives in Italy and has had a serious neuropathy condition (non diabetic). His doctors have tried all the possible drugs and treatments, the last 2 being cannabis oil and just yesterday an electrical implant to block the pain in his feet, but nothing has provided him any relief.

We are trying to find out if there is a top-notch neuropathy clinic in the USA (Mayo clinic, Johns Hopkins or other top clinic) that might be able to help him.

He is extremely desperate from having pain 24 hours/day and now he's talking about going to Amsterdam where assisted suicide is legal in Europe, so he is truly at the end of his rope.

If anyone out there has ideas on where we could look for some help in the U.S. we would appreciate it so much. Thanks for any information you can share.

Jeff
Hi Jeff, The laws here in the US have been restricting Drs from prescribing pain drugs that have the opiates. You might need to find Italy's version of PM. You could go to the best of the best clinics and still be out in the cold as far as relief. Good Luck, Ken in Texas.
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