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Over many years of treating patients with headache, migraine
and many kinds of pain flareup, it became very frustrating
to admit 200 patients per year to a very large urban
hospital system. Precerting and admitting through the
emergency room during the headache and flareup disrupted the
patient care in the office clinic setting. Dealing with
multiple kinds of delays, inefficiencies, nursing problems
and barriers to getting the job done in a timely manner on
behalf of the patient, who was there to have their symptoms
treated. The main negative feeling and conclusion was that
the hospital is NOT the real world for the patient. It was
felt a new treatment system had to be developed. After all,
it is the same distance for the person to go to the ER or to
come to Anodyne Headache and PainCare.
About 11 years ago, Dr Krusz
began to expand on the smaller number of patients treated
with IV therapy by himself in the outpatient setting. The
new office was in a converted former home with a cozy
setting, very different from the hospital-based office that
was used before this transformation. Seeing the same
practitioner and staff consistently that cared about your
symptoms is a more nurturing experience for the patient.
Dimmable lighting, a quiet environment, lights out during
treatment is homelike and soothing. It is not just about the
medication approaches used in the clinic, but I believe that
the treatment environment becomes very important as well.
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Very simply, Anodyne
Headache and PainCare is more efficient, gets much more
effective treatment results than other settings, and is more
caring for the patient’s needs and is significantly less
expensive. Often, people will call us with a headache,
migraine or pain flareup and they can be brought in to the
clinic within the hour, depending on distance in our area.
People have jumped on a plane from further away and gone
back home the same day. Texas is a huge place but we do have
a very efficient Southwest Airline system. You can get to
Anodyne Headache and PainCare from anywhere in Texas or
neighboring states in a short time with inexpensive fares.
We have a host of IV
treatments available and some of them, if they help, can
even be given by the patient or by family or in an ER
setting. Some of our medications are specific to the clinic
and not readily available. In many ways the reduction or
eradication of migraines and pain flareups use some of the
same IV medications in the clinic setting. You can find more
information about IV treatments in our
research section.
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