There is also another treatment...if one could call it that...
The chronic pain the RSD patients have, has shown response to
ECT (electroconvulsive therapy). It was discovered by accident when a depressed RSD patient was given ECT for the depression and the pain the RSD went away.
There is a link about this at RSD forum here:
http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/...10;573-578.pdf
I'll look around today for you about Tamiflu and see what I can find. I didn't have the time for it yesterday. If there is anything else, I'll put it on this thread.
This is the link to Patientsville about Tamiflu. Scroll down for the FDA reports on this drug:
http://patientsville.com/medication/...de_effects.htm
I see hallucinations coming up frequently. I also found a technical paper on PubMed saying that Tamiflu concentrates in the brain up to 2.7 times more than serum.
There is a pain loop in the brain. Now, this is very complex. I've attended two seminars about this subject over the last 2 yrs, and it was presented at both. It is still hard for me to understand it. And I imagine most doctors don't understand it either! (many of the attendees were doctors).
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/568704_9
There is a diagram showing it in the article.
If you don't have a membership to Medscape you can join for free.
Because of the complex copyright issues with Medscape, I can't quote the article.
Suffice it to say, this central (in the brain) pathway is being investigated today, to find newer pain medications. One aspect of this pathway involves serotonin receptors, and that is why some drugs used for pain like tramadol and antidepressants work to some degree.
It is possible that Tamiflu, which goes into the brain, has some undiscovered effect on this pain loop. The fact that this drug causes hallucinations in people reflects some action on brain receptors.
It would take some intensive study to discover how this works, if it is the same response in everyone or an idiopathic response in the person who reported the Tamiflu effects on his pain.