Ceasing intrathecal therapy in chronic non-cancer pain: an invitation to shift from biomedical focus to active management.

Objective: To report long term experience (1997-2009) of intrathecal (IT) therapy for chronic non-cancer pain in the context of our team's increasing emphasis on active management.

Design: Descriptive case series.

Setting: Australian tertiary multidisciplinary pain center, Hunter Integrated Pain Service (HIPS).