TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Choosing Intrathecal Medication A1 - Kim, Philip S. A1 - Diwan, Sudhir A2 - Diwan, Sudhir A2 - Staats, Peter S. PY - 2015 T2 - Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures AB - Intraspinal delivery of drugs via implantable drug delivery systems (IDDS) has been available since the early 1980s.These devices allow for precise delivery of drugs for treatment of pain and spasticity.The delivery is medications in the intraspinal or intrathecal space allows delivery of medications directly to their site of receptor binding in the spinal column at much smaller doses than systemic administration.The result is potent analgesic effect with lower systemic side effects. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107199883 ER -