title: Clonazepam for the treatment of lancinating phantom limb pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To propose clonazepam for use in the empiric treatment of shooting/shocking phantom limb pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outpatient pain clinic associated with a university hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two patients with phantom limb pain after total hip disarticulation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Treatment with clonazepam.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clonazepam provided effective relief for > 6 months in two patients with shooting/shocking phantom limb pain. Although clonazepam therapy is not new, it appears to have been omitted from current pain texts and journals as a treatment option for phantom limb pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38103-2897, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bartusch
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: D'Alessio
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Jernigan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000639:Amitriptyline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002998:Clonazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004188:Disarticulation / Q000009:adverse effects; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D018757:GABA Modulators / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D018757:GABA Modulators; D000639:Amitriptyline; D002998:Clonazepam