RT Book, Section A1 Kim, Philip S. A1 Diwan, Sudhir A2 Diwan, Sudhir A2 Staats, Peter S. SR Print(0) ID 1107199883 T1 Choosing Intrathecal Medication T2 Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071738767 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107199883 RD 2024/04/24 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.