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What is Nerve Block?

A nerve block relieves pain by interrupting how pain signals are sent to your brain. It is done by injecting a substance, such as alcohol or phenol, into or around a nerve or into the spine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 13 2 Efficacy_none
L5S1 nerve inpengment 4 0
Pain in lower back 3 0
bulging discs in neck with severe pain 2 1 Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 2 1 Efficacy_none
CRPS I (Complex regional pain syndrome type I) 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 14 patients currently having Nerve Block

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 3
Mild
 0
None
 4

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Nerve Block

Hospitalization 3
Roid rage effects (steroids) 1
Emotional changes 1
Stiffness/Spasticity 1
Costly (ie money or time) 1
Hypersensitive skin 1
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Nerve Block

Always
 4 50%
Usually
 1 13%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 3 38%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Nerve Block

Very
 2 25%
Somewhat
 2 25%
A little
 2 25%
Not at all
 2 25%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Nerve Block

$200+
 3 50%
$100-199
 1 17%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 17%
< $25
 1 17%

Report created on May 26, 2012.