United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

Pain Management Center has suggested this procedure to determine if pain can be stopped in the sympathatic nerve group. If anyone has come across this, I would appreciate your sharing with us.

i had 4 stellate ganglion blocks. they were the best thing i ever did. (as far as my pain goes) it is one of those things that if it works, it works wonders. if it does not work, it does nothing. you just have to get the first one and see how it goes, then go from there. but it does take more than one injection. make sure the dr that gives it to you has a lot of experience with it.

good luck and hope it works as well as mine did.

Thank you. May I ask where your procedure was done and why you say to make certain the dr has plenty of experience?

my pain management dr did mine. i think that is usually who does them. personally, if someone is shooting something into my nerve that is already severely damaged, i want to KNOW that they thoroughly know what they are doing.

I've had 3; unfortunately they didn't help. As @jmar says, make sure your Dr has experience: my last one scared the heck out of me because he hit some nerve that he shouldn't of and it hurt like crazy plus my eyes went black- couldn't see for a few seconds. The last one was done by a Dr that didn't have a lot of experience. The first 2 were by a Dr that did about 10 a week, they were fine, only side effect was a droopy eye but that is to be expected and went away in a few hours. Unfortunately my pain was un-affected. Good luck with yours, its certainly worth a try, I've heard a lot of success stories.

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