Non-invasive treatment in pain therapy with the iontophoretic technique

Abstract

From January 2001 to December 2003, 52 patients, 31 females and 21 males, aged between 19 and 78 years, underwent iontophoresis; they all had acute lumbar ischialgia or hiparthrosis; each cycle consisted of 4 consecutive applications in successive days. The 88% of patients (n = 46) had a positive outcome; in 12% (n = 6), pain with characteristics similar to that before treatment arouse again. No patient showed a worsening or side effects on long term. The validity and the advantages of the technique indicate that the iontophoresis is a useful non-invasive and non-traumatic therapeutic presidium, which allows direct drug use in painful area.

Keywords

• Iontophoresis
• ionophoresis
• reservoir
• silver plate’s
• carrier