A progressive disease such as multiple sclerosis might be better managed using an intervention that can escalate as the disease advances, such as an intrathecal baclofen pump. The areas of the ...

Baclofen 50mcg/mL, 500mcg/mL, 2000mcg/mL; for intrathecal inj ... Avoid abrupt cessation (may be severe/fatal); closely monitor pump, alarms, and refill schedule; wean orally-administered ...

Cancer drugs you take by mouth or through a vein can’t get through as easily. Intrathecal chemo is a way to deliver the medicine you need in a direct way. Your brain and spinal cord are ...

And then, specifically for spasticity that is affecting the legs, here I would include things like intrathecal baclofen, which is a pump that carries a intrathecal baclofen that must be implanted ...

Dr. Shah performs spine and joint injections as well as advanced interventions such as spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal pain pumps for chronic pain. Viswanathan A, Vedantam A, Hess KR, Ochoa J, ...

intrathecal use). Ensure adequate hydration. Avoid extravasation (esp. in arterial or venous disease). Elderly. Pregnancy. Nursing mothers: consider interrupting; pump/discard breast milk for ...

Shaladi and colleagues report their experience of using intrathecal morphine infusion, delivered by an implanted pump, to treat chronic pain refractory to conventional opioid delivery. The authors ...

An intravenous form of the gene therapy is already approved and sold as Zolgensma in the US for patients less than 2 years of age.