Medtronic offers therapies for patients with:
Chronic pain that results from cancer or its treatment
Some people with cancer may experience severe, chronic pain because of their illness -- pain that lingers despite oral medication. Yet there is hope. Around the world, thousands of people have found relief from the
distress of constant pain with intrathecal drug delivery. With the therapy, small, controlled amounts of pain
medication are delivered directly to the intrathecal space -- the area surrounding the spinal cord where pain signals travel.
Intrathecal drug delivery can offer significant pain control with a small fraction of the dose as compared with pills, which may help minimize side effects.