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Case Reports
. 2001 May;92(1-2):311-3.
doi: 10.1016/s0304-3959(00)00488-7.

Treatment of central post-stroke pain with oral ketamine

P G Vick  1 , T J Lamer
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Treatment of central post-stroke pain with oral ketamine

P G Vick et al. Pain. 2001 May.

Abstract

Case report of 68 year old female with central post-stroke pain successfully treated with oral ketamine. The patient's pain was refractory to conventional pain treatments and she had persistent right hemi-body neuropathic pain with allodynia and hyperalgesia. An intravenous ketamine trial, followed by oral ketamine with titration to 50mg three times a day was beneficial in decreasing allodynia and hyperalgesia, as well as improving functional capabilities. Known side effects including dysphoria, hallucinations, and paranoid feelings were attenuated with benzodiazepines.

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