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Severe chronic pain and Intrathecal pain pump

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Mar 24 9:25am | Replies (60)

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@alexandercrps If you have any meds left in your pump(which is typically the case), the doctor will place a catheter into the port. Then he will attach a syringe onto the tubing which is connected to the syringe. He will withdraw the remaining meds via the syringe. He will know immediately if he has missed the port if no medicine can be removed. His scanner tells him how much medicine is left in the pump's reservoir. So, a "pocket fill" is virtually impossible unless the person doing the procedure is not properly trained in the proper method.

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@heisenberg34 Yes they use a syringe with a tiny tube that empties the pump for old meds. Typically they use ultrasound to locate the access port before they inject the meds. So I agree it is a rare event, but it does happen. The methods vary from doc to doc too which is why you need an expert doc to deal with your pump. Pocket fillls are rare but as stated below they do happen from time to time