Intrathecal analgesia: time to consider it for your patient?

J Fam Pract

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Family and Social Medicine/Palliative Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA. Email:

Published: March 2015

When systemic analgesics or antispasmodics fail to control chronic pain or cause intolerable adverse effects, an intrathecal drug delivery system may be the best bet.

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