Postamputation Pain and Sensory Changes in Treatment-naive Patients

Abstract

In treatment-naive patients, both amitriptyline and tramadol provided excellent and stable phantom limb and stump pain control with no major adverse events. Both drugs demonstrated consistent and large antinociceptive effects on both the stump and the intact limbs.

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