Scrambler (Calmare) Therapy for Intractable Chronic Pain

ABSTRACT

Intractable chronic pain is a debilitative pain conditions for most patients. Unfortunately, the pain control managements currently have shown that it is not appropriate to reduce pain and limited efficacy and sometimes unfavorable in some patients. Scrambler (Calmare) therapy, used as an alternative treatment for chronic neuropathic pain recently, is a noninvasive approach to relieve pain by changing pain perception. The author reports the clinical experiences on effectiveness of Scrambler therapy for three patients with intractable pain refractory to conventional treatment.