Indications
What conditions does Anodyne Therapy help?
| Anodyne Therapy is
cleared by Health Canada for the following indications: |
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Temporarily
reducing disturbances of skin sensation due to diabetic
and other peripheral neuropathies. |
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Used
adjunctively with physical therapy, temporarily
increases balance and fall risk of patients with
diabetic and other peripheral neuropathies. |
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Temporarily
increases local circulation and reduces pain. |
Therefore, any condition that would benefit from these indications may benefit from the effects of this infrared therapy device.
Treatment Protocols
How often
will I need to use Anodyne Therapy?
Peripheral Neuropathy and other chronic conditions:
Typical protocols are to initially treat daily for three months
and then to reduce treatment to one to three times per week
after the initial 90 day period.
Acute conditions: For severe pain, treatments can be given up to three times per day. Protocols may be of shorter duration and lower frequency in some cases.
Please refer to our
Product Instruction manuals for more detailed information.
Benefits & Duration
| How soon will
I feel better and how long will the relief last? |
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Some patients feel pain relief in the first treatment, while others need
six or more treatments to feel improvement. Generally speaking, if patients have not felt some improvement within 12 treatments, infrared therapy may not be effective for their condition. |
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Since Anodyne Therapy relieves pain temporarily, peripheral neuropathy and other chronic painful and/or circulatory conditions will require ongoing use of
the home system to provide long-term symptomatic relief. |
Safety
What are the precautions and possible side-effects?
| Anodyne Therapy should not be used directly over or near: |
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Active cancerous tumors. |
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The womb during pregnancy. |
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Topical heating and cooling agents such as Ben Gay, Capsaicin or Biofreeze. Completely remove these agents before applying Anodyne
Therapy. |
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Areas insensate to heat. |
| Anodyne
Therapy has no known drug interactions or side-effects. However, there are a few precautions. |
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Anodyne Therapy is a photo-thermal modality, and thus, there is a slight risk of a superficial burn. When our recommended protocols are followed, the risk of a thermal event is extremely rare. |
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People with circulatory compromise and peripheral neuropathy: Sometimes there is a slight increase in tingling or burning initially as blood flow increases. This typically resolves within the first 6-8 treatments. |
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People with diabetes: When increasing activity levels during therapy sessions, check blood sugars more regularly. |
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