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Originally Posted by ballerina
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!
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Hi Ballerina,
I know he does implant SCS, but he has never offered me one. I think b/c he knows in my file it states that I have already refused them from several other Pain Specialists. He does a lot of medications and believes in the functional restoration model to help people manage their pain.
If I can get some research together, I would like to bring some in to him to see if he would be interested in taking a look at it. I've looked at some articles on PubMed; the frustrating thing is that they only offer abstracts. I don't think that would get his attention. Also, he seemed to stress the double blind research paper approach. Do you know if there have been double blind studies done with tDCS for chronic pain? Also, you mentioned training by Harvard. What do you mean by that?
Thanks for your help! I hope you are hanging in there and doing well.