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RSD PUZZLE # 118
CRPS and Suicide
Suicide in RSD (CRPS) is uncommon. It is far less common than the iatrogenic death ( treatment causing death).
In the latter group of factors such as a combination of methadone and other narcotic play a major role. The patients suddenly falls asleep and stops breathing.
Another iatrogenic cause is procedures that destroy the immune system, such as amputation combined with inactivity.
The third factor is the overuse of multiple types of narcotics, such as combining morphine in different forms with duragesic patch, etc.... Such overdoses with opioid agonists cause severe depression, very few hours of sleep at night and eventually suicide.
The analgesic of choice for RSD (CRPS) is proper antidepressants, such as Trazodone (Desyrel), Desipramin (Norpramin) and Doxepin (Sinequan).
Changing the treatment protocol as well as professional counseling is the best way to handle the dangerous and fatal complication of suicide.
H. Hooshmand, M.D.
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