Methadone for phantom limb pain
| dc.contributor.author | Bergmans, Lonneke | |
| dc.contributor.author | Snijdelaar, Dirk G | |
| dc.contributor.author | Katz, Joel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Crul, Ben J. P | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-20T20:08:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-20T20:08:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: The objective of this case series was to determine if severe phantom limb pain could be reduced with oral methadone. Design: Four cases of phantom limb pain refractory to multiple treatment modalities were treated with oral methadone. Setting: Pain clinic at a major university medical center. Patients: Four patients with severe, intractable phantom limb pain. Intervention: Oral methadone was administered, starting with a low dose of 2 to 5 mg twice a day or three times a day and slowly titrated upward to achieve pain relief. Outcome Measures: Repeated administration of a visual analog scale for pain. Results and Conclusions: Administration of oral methadone may be of value in the treatment of phantom limb pain; controlled clinical trials would be appropriate to verify this observation. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Clin J Pain. 2002 May-Jun;18(3):203-5. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | SSN: 0749-8047, ESSN: 1536-5409 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/26494 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins | en_US |
| dc.rights.article | http://journals.lww.com/clinicalpain/Abstract/2002/05000/Methadone_for_Phantom_Limb_Pain.12.aspx | |
| dc.rights.journal | http://journals.lww.com/clinicalpain/pages/default.aspx | en_US |
| dc.rights.publisher | http://www.lww.com | en_US |
| dc.subject | Methadone, Phantom limb pain | en_US |
| dc.title | Methadone for phantom limb pain | |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |