Managing a patient’s acute or chronic pain can be tricky. You need to be able to pinpoint the underlying cause and then form a pain management plan that works best for each case. Dr. Gregory Braccia is an experienced anesthesiologist, but has intensely studied both pain and pain management. He now specializes in the use of various tadvanced treatments and medical practices that work to combat pain conditions. One of his choice methods is called infusion therapy, which is basically the administration of medication through a needle or catheter for patients in pain. Infusion therapy is usually the next step taken when oral medications aren’t able to treat a patient’s pain effectively.

Typically, “infusion therapy” means that a drug is administered intravenously, but the term also may refer to situations where drugs are provided through other non-oral routes, such as intramuscular injections and epidural routes. This practice was once only administered as an inpatient procedure, but now has expanded into the outpatient realm and is typically intravenous in nature. In this type of treatment scenario, close attention and communication with the patient is paramount. This helps Dr. Braccia gauge their pain levels throughout prolonged periods of pain management treatment.

Diseases that commonly require infusion therapy include infections that are unresponsive to oral antibiotics, cancer and cancer-related pain, congestive heart failure, Crohn's Disease, hemophilia, immune deficiencies, multiple sclerosis, gastrointestinal diseases or disorders which prevent normal functioning of the gastrointestinal system, and more. Dr. Gregory Braccia works with each patient to find the best treatment plan for their pain needs.

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