Calcitonin as an adjunct for phantom limb pain
Sneha Vidyasagar, Kanakamani Jeyaraman, Syeda Farah Zahir, Paul Varghese · 2026
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Sneha Vidyasagar is lead author of a 2026 retrospective study of calcitonin, a hormone drug, as an extra treatment for phantom limb pain after lower leg amputation. Phantom pain, felt in a limb that is no longer there, is hard to treat, so the team reviewed records of patients given at least three days of calcitonin.
The study covered 35 patients treated between 2017 and 2023, average age about 57, most with below-knee amputations for vascular disease, diabetic foot infection, or trauma. From the day before treatment to day seven, average pain intensity fell from 6.41 to 5.24, pain distress fell from 5.85 to 4.81, and reported relief rose. Daily morphine-equivalent dose did not change clearly.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sneha Vidyasagar, Kanakamani Jeyaraman, Syeda Farah Zahir, Paul Varghese |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25813 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |