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POSTSTROKE
​Approximately eight percent of patients who have a stroke will experience (CPPS), a major cause of central neuropathic pain. After a cortical, subcortical, thalamic, or lateral brainstem stroke, a lesion in the spinothalamiocortical pathway may develop, leading to CPPS.   There are several pain conditions that may present after stroke, such as gout, deep vein thrombosis, and musculoskeletal pain - CPPS is a diagnosis of exclusion.

There are five medication classes useful in treating CPSP:
  1.  Membrane stabilizers: carbamazepine, lidocaine, mexiletine
  2. Aminergic agents: amitriptyline, duloxetine
  3. Glutamate antagonists: ketamine, lamotrigine
  4. GABA agonists: thiopental, propofol, baclofen
  5.  Calcium channel blockers: gabapentin, pregabalin
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  • ABOUT
  • INTERVENTIONS
    • EPIDURAL INJECTIONS >
      • CAUDAL EPIDURAL INJECTIONS
      • INTERLAMINAR EPIDURAL INJECTIONS >
        • CERVICAL INTERLAMINAR EPIDURAL INJECTIONS
        • THORACIC INTERLAMINAR EPIDURAL INJECTIONS
        • LUMBAR INTERLAMINAR EPIDURAL INJECTIONS
      • TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL INJECTIONS
    • JOINT & BURSA INJECTIONS >
      • SYNOVIAL FLUID ANALYSIS
      • Hip Injection
      • Knee Injection
      • Sacroiliac Joint Injection
      • TROCHANTERIC BURSA INJECTION
    • KYPHOPLASTY
    • LUMBAR DECOMPRESSION >
      • LUMBAR DECOMPRESSION
      • MINIMALLY INVASIVE LUMBAR DECOMPRESSION (MILD)
    • MUSCLE & TENDON INJECTIONS >
      • CARPAL TUNNEL INJECTION
      • PLANTAR FASCIA Injection
      • TRIGGER POINT INJECTION
    • NERVE BLOCKS >
      • CLUNEAL NERVE BLOCKS
      • SYMPATHETIC BLOCKS >
        • CELIAC PLEXUS BLOCK
        • GASSERIAN GANGLION BLOCK
        • LUMBAR SYMPATHETIC BLOCK
        • SPHENOPALANTINE GANGLION BLOCK
        • STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK
    • NEUROMODULATION >
      • INTRATHECAL DRUG DELIVERY PUMP
      • NERVE STIMULATION
    • RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION
    • REGENERATIVE PROCEDURES
    • SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION
  • PHARMACEUTICALS
    • ANTIDEPRESSANTS
    • ANTICONVULSANTS
    • Clinical Drug Monitoring
    • LAXATIVES
    • Interventional Pharamacology >
      • RADIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST AGENTS
      • LOCAL ANESTHETICS
      • CORTICOSTEROIDS
      • TOPICAL ANTISEPTICS
    • Intravenous Infusion Therapy
    • MUSCLE RELAXANTS >
      • DANTROLENE
  • CONDITIONS
    • Ankylosing spondylitis
    • CROHN'S DISEASE
    • COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME
    • Fibromyalgia
    • Headache >
      • Cluster Headache
      • Migraine Headache
      • Other Headache
      • Tension-Type Headache
    • Insomnia
    • Myofascial Trigger Points
    • OSTEOMYELITIS
    • Pancreatitis
    • Plantar Fasciitis
    • Poststroke
    • RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
    • Sickle Cell Disease
    • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  • SYMPTOMS
    • Abdominal Pain
    • PELVIC PAIN
  • MISCELLANEOUS
    • CODES: CPT and ICD
    • Hormone Testing
    • JOKES
    • PERIOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS