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| Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD and CRPS) Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type I) and Causalgia (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type II)(RSD and CRPS) |
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03-25-2007, 08:46 PM
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Thanks so much for all the information- I also would love to hear more as you use this drug...
Please let us know how u r doing Debbie |
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03-26-2007, 07:57 PM
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All I know is that they began researching this back in 2002 or 2003. It was the newest "hope" for pain management after ketamine.
It's amazing how many years it takes for the trials to be completed and get a new drug into the market. |
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03-26-2007, 08:40 PM
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Ziconotide is the drug they were going to use as the trial for my pump. The difficulty was there is no accepted trial procedure for Ziconotide, and if it was used as as a first line it would have required a intrathecal trial for 5 - 7 days. So from my Doctor's practical point of view, it is necessary to do the usual 48 hour trial with Hydromorphone to determine efficacy and then add Ziconotide after implantation and titrate up while keeping the opioid at a reasonably low level.
This was the plan anyway...
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