Re: RSD

Posted By KENNY NEWHOUSE on May 20, 1997 at 00:24:14:

In Reply to: Re: RSD posted by ccf neuro M.D. on April 28, 1997 at 22:33:49:








My daughter suffered a traumatic brain injury in 91.
One year after her injury she developed RSD in her right
arm.  Standard treatments for RSD did not work.
Neurontin was suggested for pain relief by her
anesthesiologist.  The Neurontin has been successful in
treating the RSD pain for one year now.




There are anecdotal cases in the medical literature using Neurontin for the treatment of causalgic pain, such as that seen in "RSD" or its many cousins (causalgia, sympathetically mediated pain syndrome etc. etc.). It is a nice choice since it generally has no side effects and no drug interactions. If your daughter has had relief from it, I would stick with it indefinitely for these aforementioned reasons.