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How do you manage hyperalgesia in patients with sickle cell disease?

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In addition to the obvious, such as PCA narcotics, Lyrica/Neurontin, and Toradol, I have success with IV Tylenol, Zyprexa, po L-Arginine (Morris et al., PMID 23645695) as well as Dexmedetomidine (Precedex), steroids (NEJM: Griffin et al., PMID 8107739) and acupuncture [Johnson et al., Alternative an...

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