Hi. I'm getting lazy in my old age, so pardon the lack of official citations. That said, I think the only study I've seen showing that SCS put CRPS/RSD into remission was one out Sweden - on children and/or early teens - who are the most likely to go into remission anyway. That, and it's well established (check out the RSDSA site) that SCS typically works for no more than three - four years. What I don't know is whether the "cortical-reorganization" of CRPS continues apace during those three to four years: I've never seen a study on the subject and would have noticed it if I had.

Were I in your shoes, I wouldn't chance it. Which I guess means finding someone in your area (possibly Madison if you're lucky) and going for it. I understand that Jim Broatch of the RSDSA keeps a current list of those providers, but others here will know better. You would obviously want to check out any providers carefully, including the efficacy of the procedure they are doing for your situation, e.g., 5-day "low dose" in-patient infusion v. 10 days of out-patient infusions, typically 200 mg. ketamine/4 hour infusion.

Bottom line: if there's a better than even chance that ketamine w/in 6 months of the advent of symptoms will knock this out once and for all, I would put everything I had on it, and then accept whatever happens, one way or another.

Mike