Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Case Report

Phantom Limb Pain Treated with Duloxetine: A case series

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Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Psychiatry Service, Istanbul - Turkey

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Necip Fazıl City Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Kahramanmaraş - Turkey

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University of İstanbul, Institute of Oncology, Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Istanbul - Turkey

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University of İstanbul, Medical Faculty of Cerrahpasa, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul - Turkey

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2016; 26: 409-412
DOI: 10.5455/bcp.20160411071457
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Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a general complaint after amputation which is usually described as burning, tingling, shooting, and cramping. Spontaneous recovery of phantom limb pain generally last many months or years. The pain gets chronic in most cases and impresses the life quality of the patient. Here we present four cases of PLP, treated with duloxetine.

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