Spasticity and intrathecal baclofen.

Abstract:

:Severe spastic tone and/or spastic hypertonia can be the most disabling consequences of a neurologic insult, resulting from an excess of muscle tone. Baclofen, a GABA-B agonist, is one of the most widely used drugs in treating abnormal or disabling spastic tone. However, the effectiveness of baclofen taken orally is often limited by its systemic side effects, including sedation, confusion, and lethargy. Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) delivered by an implanted catheter can work directly at the spinal cord level to reduce spastic tone through presynaptic inhibition. Several decades after Penn and Kroin (1984) proved that continuous infusion of intrathecal baclofen reduced spinal cord spasticity, numerous studies have demonstrated the benefits of ITB therapy and proven its effectiveness in modulating and reducing spastic tone. In this article the authors review current methods of management with ITB therapy; summarize the current knowledge, controversies, and available scientific literature; illustrate through different clinical cases treatment strategies and their outcomes; and lastly, provide a synopsis of current clinical practice in ITB therapy with insights into new therapeutic developments.

journal_name

Semin Neurol

journal_title

Seminars in neurology

authors

Furr-Stimming E,Boyle AM,Schiess MC

doi

10.1055/s-0034-1396012

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-11-01 00:00:00

pages

591-6

issue

5

eissn

0271-8235

issn

1098-9021

journal_volume

34

pub_type

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