Ziconotide in the treatment of PCOA chronic pain: cases report

Chronic pain related to PCOA is a clinical condition which affects more than 5 percent of the population. This article presents two clinical cases of severe pain related to the disease treated with opioids and epidural SCS with inadequate results. Treatment by intrathecal ziconotide showed, in both cases, a good reduction of pain.These clinical cases represent the first experience of ischemic pain treatment with ziconotide.