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Have any of you heard of Calmare Scrambler Therapy?

Posted by felicelinda @felicelinda, Sep 21, 2024

Have any of you gone to doctors for Scrambler Therapy? It is a special therapy for neuropathy that was written about (positively) by Johns Hopkins and Mayo Clinic doctors. Many people have been helped by it….Unfortunately not covered by health insurance.

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bini41 | @bini41 | 5 days ago
In reply to @heisenberg34 "Sometimes I have to wonder exactly how may people get relief from these treatments. Scrambler: 82%..." + (show)
@heisenberg34

Sometimes I have to wonder exactly how may people get relief from these treatments. Scrambler: 82% success rate, but I have read that so many don't. SCS: 70-80% success rate. I have spoken to many who have had no success. Pain pump: success rate 94%. I had one implanted two years ago. Still no help. Honestly, doesn't that make you pause?

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When you say pain pump are you referring to a spinal stimulator?

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heisenberg34 | @heisenberg34 | 5 days ago
In reply to @bini41 "When you say pain pump are you referring to a spinal stimulator?" + (show)
@bini41

When you say pain pump are you referring to a spinal stimulator?

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No. Two completely different items. SCS sends electrical impulses to an implanted electrode/paddle in the intrathecal space. Scrambler uses electrodes that are attached to various spots on your skin. Electrical impulses are sent to the electrodes which are designed to turn pain signals into non-pain signals.

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flaherty2185 | @flaherty2185 | 5 days ago

I was turned down by the Mayo Clinic for Scrambler Therapy due to their demand for service. I found a provider in Wisconsin that was a certified provider and signed up for a 10 treatment program. The first three sessions seemed to help somewhat, but I had no relief from the following 4 sessions. The practitioner and I agreed to terminate at that point. He told me that he had less success with patients that had undergone chemotherapy, but claimed his overall success rate was over
70 %. Although he suggested that I return for a “booster” treatment, after 6 months I have chosen not to

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heisenberg34 | @heisenberg34 | 4 days ago
In reply to @flaherty2185 "I was turned down by the Mayo Clinic for Scrambler Therapy due to their demand for..." + (show)
@flaherty2185

I was turned down by the Mayo Clinic for Scrambler Therapy due to their demand for service. I found a provider in Wisconsin that was a certified provider and signed up for a 10 treatment program. The first three sessions seemed to help somewhat, but I had no relief from the following 4 sessions. The practitioner and I agreed to terminate at that point. He told me that he had less success with patients that had undergone chemotherapy, but claimed his overall success rate was over
70 %. Although he suggested that I return for a “booster” treatment, after 6 months I have chosen not to

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I had pretty much the same experience in New Jersey. Signed up for two weeks of treatments, all out-of-pocket. Like you, I thought I noticed a little improvement after two sessions(probably the placebo effect). After four sessions, it became clear that I had no improvement. At that point we agreed to halt treatments. It's amazing that the 70-80% success rate, yet most people I hear from had no success. Very interesting.

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