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Do You Have Phantom Limb Pain? For more information, please call or email: 858.242.6017 ■ phantompain @ ucsd.edu If so, you might be eligible for a research study that aims to decrease and/or resolve phantom limb pain in people with an upper- or lower-limb amputation. The purpose of this research study is to determine if putting local anesthetic (numbing medication) through one or two tiny tube(s) placed next to the nerve(s) that go to an amputated limb will decrease and/or resolve phantom limb and residual limb pain. The procedure, device and infusion are all FDA approved and have been used for over 20 years to decrease pain immediately after surgery. Participants will receive $100 following each catheter insertion plus $50/day during the 6-day infusion(s), up to a maximum of $800/subject. This study is being conducted at the University of California (San Diego, California); Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio); Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Bethesda, Maryland); Naval Medical Center (San Diego, California). ■ No surgery involved ■ Either lower or upper limb amputations ■ Only a single 2-4 hour visit to the treatment center (2nd visit optiona l)