Clonazepam for the treatment of lancinating phantom limb pain.
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.
Bartusch
S L
SL
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38103-2897, USA.
Sanders
B J
BJ
D'Alessio
J G
JG
Jernigan
J R
JR
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*
D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D018757:GABA Modulators; D000639:Amitriptyline; D002998:Clonazepam