Specialised Pain Therapies

Specialised Pain Therapies

For some, pain can become a constant factor in their life. Chronic and acute pain can be debilitating and is not something anyone should have to accept as a part of daily life. Acute pain will often disappear with time, however, it can become chronic. Chronic pain may have a countless number of causes, as well as countless number of ways it can affect each person. Almost every patient's symptoms are unique in one way or another which is why the need for customised pain relief is so imperative. Commercial pain relief can relieve the symptoms of one form of pain, such as nerve or inflammatory. However, many patients require a multidisciplinary approach which can result in having to take numerous different medications. Through compounding, multiple compatible medications can be combined into one single dose meaning one tablet or cream can target your pain in multiple ways.

Pain medication also has a bad habit of causing inconvenient side-effects when taken orally. Drowsiness, dizziness and stomach irritation can prevent patients from leading a normal life as much as pain itself can. By using trans-dermal gels and creams, the side-effects associated with oral dosing can usually be avoided. Additionally, the dose of medication can be more effectively absorbed trans-dermally as it doesn't have to go through the gastrointestinal metabolism that oral dosing does.  

Another disadvantage associated with manufactured drugs, it that only a selection of strengths is produced in only a couple of dosage forms. Many patients do not react well to the commercially produced strengths, tablets or patches. Compounding can allow you to acquire your medication in the correct strength and in a form that is easy for you to take. Dosage forms include trans-dermal creams and gels, troches and suppositories.

If pain is sticking around too long, or getting the better of you, talk to your physician or come have a chat with us about how compounding can improve the quality of your life with the likelihood of fewer side-effects and less fuss.   

Conditions we can help treat included: 

• Neuropathic pain

• Post operative pain

• Chronic pain eg. arthritis

• Migraines

• Inflammatory pain

• Painful wounds

Common medication we incorporate include:

• Amitriptyline

• Baclofen

• Benzocaine

• Capsaicin

• Clonidine

• Cyclobenzaprine

• Dextromethorophan

• Diclofenac

• Gabapentin

• Guaifenesin

• Hydrocortisone

• Hydromorphone

• Ibuprofen

• Indomethacin

• Ketamine

• Ketoprofen

• Lignocaine

• Morphine

• Naproxen

• Naltrexone

• Nifedipine

• Orphenadrine

• Oxycodone

• Pentoxifylline

• Piroxicam

• Tetracaine