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State
Scientists find new
aid for chronic pain
United Press International
HOUSTON — Cancer resear
chers say they have developed a
procedure to block chronic pain
by channeling pain relievers to the
brain’s pain center from a reser
voir implanted in patient’s head.
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The procedure involves im
planting a plastic cup known as an
Ommaya reservoir beneath the
patient’s scalp. Tubes channel
drugs from the reservoir to the
portions of the brain that detect
pain, and the drugs block stimuli
the brain would interpret as pain
ful, said Dr. C. Stratton Hill of
M.D. Anderson Hospital and
Tumor Institute.
But Hill warned the procedure,
under testing for the past year, is
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for patients who do not respond to
less drastic procedures to control
chronic pain, such as pills or injec
tions.
Hill, organizer of a three-day
conference on the latest develop
ments in cancer research, said the
procedure for inserting the
Ommaya reservoir in the head is
“relatively simple” and requires
only a local anesthetic.
Once the reservoir is im
planted, a procedure that costs ab
out $1,000, the patient’s family is
taught how to safely refill the re
servoir as the drug is channeled
out, he said.
One advantage of administer
ing painkillers through the reser
voir, Hill said, is that since the
drug is delivered to the brain full
strength, smaller doses are
needed to control chronic pain.
Strong doses delivered directly
to the brain also mean the patient
would require fewer doses and de
lays the patient’s dependency on
the drug or tolerance to it, Hill
said.
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HOUSTON— County attor- violation of the civil rights of a gay
neys across the state do not want activist county employee fired for
Harris County to appeal to the advocating his alternate lifestyle
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