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Originally Posted by lovefamilypets
I just had to respond to your post after reading it. What a rare doctor you have! I mentioned tDCS to my Pain Specialist and this is what he said "Oh you should be careful about any treatment out there that is experimental. They'll just suck up a bunch of money and be ineffective plus most of them have little to no evidence to support their claims. I would not do it unless there has been a double blind study with CRPS patients." And I'm thinking to myself what medication have we tried that has had a double blind study with CRPS patients? And that was the end of the conversation. He had never heard of it, he didn't care to look into it or discuss it.
Anyways, it is great to hear that your doctor is on board! Please keep us posted on how the treatment goes once you start. I really hope it works!
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It is a shame that your doctor responded with ignorance. I suspect that since he is a pain management doctor he recommends and or implants spinal cord stimulators for CRPS patients. If so why don,t you ask him if the devices he recommends/implants have met his same criteria. As to "sucking up a bunch of money" tDCS is the cheapest form of pain management I know of. Does he know the actual cost?
Did you ask your doctor about tDCS because you are interested in trying it? If so has his response discouraged you? If you have been discouraged by his comments you might supply him with some research, suggest he avail himself of the training offered by Harvard, ask him to consult with physicians knowledgable about tDCS, find a new doctor you don't have to educate, or save yourself time and money and try the treatment yourself.
Just some food for thought.
Hoping better days are ahead for you!