The Baclofen Pump

Basically, Baclofen is a drug that helps reduce spasticity which occurs in neurological illnesses, and spinal cord injuries. To explain it really simply, the drug helps relax the muscles and stops them from twitching crazily as much! I'm not too up on the science behind it, apart from that it helps the electrical signals to the brain, go from hyperactive to normal.

Baclofen comes in tablet and and liquid medication form, but the problem with that is, it can have some REALLY interesting side effects. That is, acting like a drunken incoherent form in my case, so probably going to work in that state was probaaablyyy not the best idea!

Work colleague: Sanchia, are you ok?
Me: I'm Medicated! *Giggles*

The Baclofen pump gets around this problem by going to the source, by pumping the medication directly into the spinal fluid, so therefore doesn't have to go through the bloodstream and you don't act like a crazy drunk person:



The pump is refilled via am injection through the skin at the site of the pump, usually every 1-3 months, with the battery lasting 5-7 years.

So that's an simplified explanation of what the Baclofen pump is!

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