Pain meds in baclofen pump

[rybread]

I have srevere pain in my feet, hands and ass. i already take tons of oral narcs, and dilodid and bibucane in my pump w/ baclofen. i ran across "Finnerup, et al. (2005). Intravenous lidocaine relieves spinal cord injury pain" article @ http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23678 and was wondering if i could gret lidacane put in my pump. i've had this pain 4 a coupleyears but itsonly been the past few months that my pain levels have reached an 8 or 9 on a daily basis. i'm a c5 incomplete (sort of) quad. i NEED 2 know why i got a sudden dramatic increase in pain and what the general pain is caused by. could getting scar tissue removed make a difference? Dr. Young, PLEASE HELP!

[David Berg]

Where was the scar tissue removed?

[jpearson7]

I may be a bit late in responding to this old thread. In 1999, I had an intrathecal pump from Medtronix installed. It was not installed right the first time and had to be redone a year later. Two years of overdoses of baclofen and one trip to cardiac ICU for Atrial fib brought on indirectly by teh medications, I had the pump removed. I'm a t-12-l-1 burst fracture incomplete SCI. I have some use of my legs but use a wheel chair for most ambulation. Now bowel or bladder control and some spacticity in my lets.
The pump did not work; it can work for CP patients with severe spactity. I wouldn't recommend it otherwise.

[rybread]

i think u guys misunderstood me. i've had a pump 4 the past 2.5 years and it works very well 4 my severe spasticity. i also have diladid and bibucane & was wondering if i could use lidacane like that 1 study was doing. also, i was wondering if getting the scar tissue in my spinal cord around my injury(c5) removed would hel[p w/ my pain. i worry that its so close 2 c4 that i loose function and end up on a trake. these questions are mainly for Dr Young, or anyone with particular knoledge or experience in this problem. PLEASE HELP!!!