Pain pumps were designed to deliver powerful pain medicine directly to a surgical wound or the surgical area itself. The idea was to place powerful narcotics and other pain medicines at the exact place where the pain starts to control it as effectively as possible following surgery. These medicines are delivered automatically to the site by a medical pump, and can be used for shoulder, ankle, hip, knee, or back surgery.

Unfortunately, what was designed for good turned out to be something bad. In many cases, the pain medications are much too strong for this type of use, and actually cause terrible damage to the bony structures and cartilages in the areas they are used (sometimes called chondrolysis). These injuries can be permanent and devastating.

For example, people who have shoulder pain pumps have significant stiffness, loss of motion, and loss of use of their limbs. The problems with this can last for a very long time, be difficult to treat, and are profoundly painful.

Here are some of the symptoms of problems with pain pump, including shoulder pain pumps:

• Clicking, grinding, popping, or noise in the joint


• Constant pain and discomfort


• Weakness in the joint and surrounding area


• Loss of use of the joint, or a loss of motion

There is some evidence that shoulder pain pump manufacturers have been aware of the damage their products are causing, but have refused to do anything about it. There is also evidence indicating that they have ignored evidence and instructions from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These are very serious matters, and deserve the attention of a law firm that brings extraordinary experience to the practice of law.

We invite anyone who has questions about their pain pump to contact us for a free consultation.