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Regional nerve blockade, or more commonly nerve block, is a general term used to refer to the injection of local anesthetic onto or near nerves, or a group of nerves (called a plexus or ganglion). Nerve blocks are used to help control pain, but also offer diagnostic benefits by helping to identify specific nerves as pa... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Chronic Pain | 630 |
57% |
| Trigeminal Neuralgia | 47 |
66% |
| Reflex Sympathetic Dyst... | 12 |
92% |
| Fibromyalgia | 12 |
83% |
| Migraine Headaches | 9 |
67% |
Overall, 59% (736
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I get nerve blocks in my ribs. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
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had 1 shot years ago helped for 10 years, darn that hurt so much that I do not ever want to go through that again.
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very very effective
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for a couple days
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I just got in to medial branch blockers and they are amazing! The ones that I am doing are medial branch blockers and for 6 hours my pain is lower than it has been in years. After the 6 hour period my pain flairs up really bad but I have one final procedure where they heat up the nerve ending and destroy them. I am very hopeful with this and have heard wonderful things.
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the first 8 or so worked, then it lost it's touch
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Epidurials have at times relieved the sciatica for a few yesrs
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Take as many a year as they will let me have.
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This has helped,I just wish he would block more. I don't know if that would be a good idea.
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TN pain is the worst pain I ever had in my life. Side effects after surgery are soem numbness but pain is gone.
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