Objective: To propose clonazepam for use in the empiric treatment of shooting/shocking phantom limb pain.
Setting: Outpatient pain clinic associated with a university hospital.
Patients: Two patients with phantom limb pain after total hip disarticulation.
Interventions: Treatment with clonazepam.
Results and conclusions: Clonazepam provided effective relief for > 6 months in two patients with shooting/shocking phantom limb pain. Although clonazepam therapy is not new, it appears to have been omitted from current pain texts and journals as a treatment option for phantom limb pain.