Case Report

Vol. 26 No. 4 (2016): Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Phantom Limb Pain Treated with Duloxetine: A case series

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Mihriban Dalkiran
Abdullah Genc
Besir Dikmen
Ilknur Yildirim
Senol Turan

Abstract

Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a general complaint after amputation which is usually described as burning, tingling, shooting, and cramping. Spontaneous recovery of phantom limb pain generally last many months or years. The pain gets chronic in most cases and impresses the life quality of the patient. Here we present four cases of PLP, treated with duloxetine.


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