Intrathecal Drug Delivery Procedure
Intrathecal drug delivery enables patients to experience pain relief using a fraction of an oral medication dose,1–3 which can help to minimize the uncomfortable and sometimes intolerable side effects (e.g., drowsiness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and constipation) that often accompany pain medication taken orally.2–5
The SynchroMed™ III intrathecal pump and implanted catheter releases prescribed amounts of pain medication directly into the intrathecal space, interrupting pain pathways at the source. Unlike oral medications that must be absorbed systemically and cross the blood-brain barrier to reach pain signals, targeted drug delivery interrupts pain pathways at their source in the cerebrospinal fluid and spinal cord. An implanted, programmable pump and catheter release prescribed amounts of pain medication directly into the intrathecal space.
The SynchroMed™ Clinician Programmer provides a simple, guided workflow approach to programming SynchroMed™ implantable pumps and the myPTM™ Personal Therapy Manager works with the SynchroMed™ pump to help alleviate unpredictable pain by enabling on-demand intrathecal boluses.
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