Pain after spinal cord injury can be classified into five categories: musculoskeletal, visceral, at-level, above-level, and below-level neuropathic pain. Calcitonin has previously been shown to be effective in the management of acute pain following amputation, vertebral fractures and other neuropathic conditions. Also it was used in a previous study to prevent complex regional pain syndrome in severe hemiplegic patients after stroke
This prospective randomized double blinded study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of early pharmacologic intervention with calcitonin on the incidence or the severity of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury