Infusion Therapy

Intravenous or IV therapy is an option for providing pain relief for conditions ranging from fibromyalgia and neuropathy to postoperative pain. The therapy is performed in office. The patient will have an IV inserted and a tailored infusion of pain medication will enter the bloodstream providing pain relief. Most patients fall asleep during the treatment.

IV therapy has been approved to treat pain associated with:

• Cancer pain
• Centralized pain following a stroke
• Chronic pelvic pain
• Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
• Diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy
• Facial Pain & Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Fibromyalgia
• Headaches
• Neuropathy
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

During this very simple procedure, an IV is placed in the patient’s arm and the medication is fed through a drip combined with a basic saline solution. The pain killing medication could be any of the following:

• Bisphosphonates
• Clonidine
• Dexmedetomidine
• Intravenous Immunoglobulin
• Ketamine
• Lidocaine
• Magnesium

The treatment can last anywhere between 30 minutes and an hour. Dr. Badday will choose the best medicine to treat the patient, who will be weighed to determine the correct dosage. The patient will be monitored throughout the treatment. Clinical studies show long-lasting effects of IV therapy including a reduction in the number of headaches experienced in a month and patients suffering from diabetic neuropathy report significant decreases in chronic pain.