Alpha adrenergic blocking drugs have not previously been a major form of treatment for causalgia and reflex sympathetic dystrophy, partly because of side effects and tachyphylaxis. We describe here a patient with long-standing causalgia who obtained partial pain relief and increased skin temperature from prazosin, a new, well-tolerated alpha adrenergic blocker.
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Abram et al. (1981) studied this question.