i can not take oral baclofen, or Dantrium becouse of
side effects, but, zanaflex and botox is working well
for me. everybody different.
 i imagine that i'd have the side effects no matter
how the baclofen was delivered.

--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience with using a
> baclofen pump (either
> personally or professionally?).  Janet and her
> neurologist are having a
> hard time getting her spasticity under control with
> oral baclofen,
> Dantrium, and Valium.  It looks like the next best
> option is probably
> the pump.  We'd like to hear about any of your
> experiences, good or bad,
> to help her/us with that decision.  She's presently
> getting PT,
> including iontophoresis (sp?) to help with the
> spasticity in her arms.
> Her doc has diagnosed a whole bunch of syndromes in
> her dominant (left)
> hand/arm, including thoracic outlet syndrome and
> cubital tunnel
> syndrome.  The ionto seems to be helping with the
> pain somewhat, and the
> PT is somewhat helpful, but our insurance limits PT
> for something not
> related to a specific injury to 10 in a calendar
> year.  As she's using
> her right arm more to compensate for decreased
> function in the left,
> it's starting to hurt, too.
>
>
>
> Kendall and Janet Corbett
>
>
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!) and a
> reasonable woman (when she's not in too much pain.)
>
>
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
>
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
>
>


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