{"id":3735,"date":"2020-11-19T12:49:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T20:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/post-amputation-pain-management-new-research-treatments\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T08:35:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:35:13","slug":"post-amputation-pain-management-new-research-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/post-amputation-pain-management-new-research-treatments\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Amputation Pain Management: New Research & Treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Post-Amputation Pain Management: New Research & Treatments<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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This\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0was originally published on Confronting Chronic Pain by Dr. Steven Richeimer, Director\u00a0Pain Medicine Master and Certificate<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to the Amputee Coalition<\/a>, there are nearly 2 million people in the U.S. who are living with limb loss.\u00a0 What many people who don\u2019t have limb loss may not realize is that most of them go on to experience post-amputation chronic pain.<\/p>\n

Researchers over the years continue to look for treatments to help those who experience long-term pain.\u00a0 Pain education<\/a> has greatly increased the number of treatment options. Thus, studies for management of chronic post-amputation pain continue.<\/p>\n

In a new study<\/a> published in the May 2020 issue of the Rhode Island Medical Journal, researchers estimated 95% of people with amputations experience pain.\u00a0 There are two types of pain that amputee patients may experience, and they may experience one or both.<\/p>\n

In their study to determine what types of treatments are used in the management of post-amputation pain, they found that the most common kind of pain is phantom limb pain<\/a>, which is pain that is coming from the amputated part of the limb and derives from the nervous system.<\/p>\n

Managing post-amputation pain has a variety of treatment options.\u00a0 Some of the most common treatments include prescription medicine in management of chronic post-amputation pain.\u00a0 These medications include:<\/p>\n