System and method for patient-controlled relief of pain associated with electrical therapies

A system for patient management of pain associated with an electrical defibrillation therapy, the system comprising:

• an implanted cardiac defibrillator (ICD) device adapted to detect fibrillation of a heart and to telemetrically communicate from the ICD device a fibrillation condition;
• an external drug delivery arrangement adapted to:
• receive telemetric communications on the fibrillation condition in response to the implanted medical device,
• provide an alert of the fibrillation condition, and
• communicate to the ICD that a drug has been administered and that the drug has been reacted to;
• and
• a drug interaction verification circuit adapted to provide an alert to the external drug delivery arrangement in response to reaction to the drug, the implanted medical device including a capacitive circuit adapted to deliver an electrical therapy to the heart in response to the drug interaction verification circuit.

A system for patient management of pain associated with an electrical therapy, the system comprising:

• an implanted medical device adapted to detect arrhythmia of a heart and to telemetrically communicate from the implanted medical device an arrhythmia condition;
• and
• an external drug-delivery means, responsive to the implanted medical device, for:
• receiving telemetric communications on the arrhythmia condition,
• providing an alert of the arrhythmia condition, and
• communicating to the implanted device that a drug has been administered,
• the implanted medical device including means for delivering an electrical therapy to the heart in response to the drug being administered.

A system for patient management of pain associated with an electrical therapy, the system comprising:

• an implanted medical device adapted to detect an irregular bodily function of a selected portion of a user's body and to telemetrically communicate from the implanted medical device an irregular bodily function condition;
• and
• an external drug delivery arrangement adapted to:
• receive telemetric communications on the irregular bodily function condition in response to the implanted medical device,
• provide an alert of the irregular bodily function condition to the user, and
• communicate to the implanted device that a drug has been administered,
• the implanted medical device including a stimulator circuit adapted to deliver an electrical therapy to the selected portion of the user's body in response the drug being administered.