CLONAZEPAM FOR THE TREATMENT OF LANCINATING PHANTOM LIMB PAIN

Objective: To propose clonazepam for use in the empiric treatment of s hooting/shocking phantom limb pain. Setting: Outpatient pain clinic as sociated with a university hospital. Patients: Two patients with phant om limb pain after total hip disarticulation,Interventions: Treatment with clonazepam. Results and Conclusions: Clonazepam provided effectiv e 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 opti on for phantom limb pain.