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Fluoxetine in Phantom Limb Pain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Parsley Power-Smith  and
Douglas Turkington
Parsley Power-Smith*
Affiliation:
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF
Douglas Turkington
Affiliation:
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Complete recovery of phantom limb pain of five years' duration occurred in a 71-year-old man following treatment with fluoxetine. There was no coexisting affective disorder. Further research is indicated in view of the postulated role of lowered central 5-hydroxy-tryptamine activity in the genesis and maintenance of chronic pain.

British Journal of Psychiatry (1993), 163, 105–106

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue 1 , July 1993 , pp. 105 - 106
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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