Scrambler Therapy^®MC‐5A for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Case Reports

Abstract

We conclude that ST may offer a therapeutic opportunity for patients with neuropathic pain resulting from CRPS, without side effects and with minimal discomfort during treatment. The observed pain relief indicates that ST could be an effective option for such patients.

Successful Treatment of Scar Pain with Scrambler Therapy

“…In both the cases, Scrambler Therapy provided quick and effective relief from allodynia and pain for months after just one or two sessions. This is similar to the effect seen with Scrambler Therapy for other superficial pains such as post-herpetic pain [6-7], with deeper tissue pain such as post-mastectomy pain [8] and complex regional pain syndrome [9], and neuropathic pain in general [10]. To date, we have not had any treatment failures in four sequentially treated patients.…”

Scrambler therapy efficacy and safety for neuropathic pain correlated with chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy in adolescents: A preliminary study

“…Analgesic drug consumption (opioids and anticonvulsants) in relation to ST showed a significant reduction. It is an advantage to treat patients free from anticonvulsant therapy because their mechanism of action is opposed to that of ST. 35 In fact, an anticonvulsant drug may prevent the stimulus from progressing along the nerve fibers while ST needs that information to be received by such fibers. Anticonvulsants, especially in high dosage, may inhibit the effectiveness of ST due to their interference with the genesis of action potentials.…”

“…Moreover, symptomatic therapy is often largely ineffective in reducing CIPN symptoms, 16 and in the aftermath of treatment, it can have a profound effect on the quality of life (QOL) during survivorship. 17 In recent years, scrambler therapy (ST), a novel electro-analgesia device, demonstrated encouraging and positive preliminary results in NP; in fact, various trials evaluated the possible role of ST in the treatment of multiple forms of NP in adults, [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] and some studies included exclusively patients with CIPN. 20,28,31 A single pediatric experience described the efficacy of ST for acute pain treatment in a 12-year-old female.…”

Case Report: Scrambler Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Post-Mastectomy Pain (cPMP)

“…New CDC guidelines recommend against long-term opioid treatment for chronic pain and call for new, safer approaches to pain management. The post-lumpectomy patient may have had a complex regional pain syndrome that manifested as pain, redness, edema, and allodynia and worsening over time after an insult [ 9 ] and for which ST has recently been reported to be uniquely helpful [ 10 ].…”