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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 11 2 Efficacy_none
L5S1 nerve inpengment 3 0
Pain in lower back 2 0
bulging discs in neck with severe pain 2 1 Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 1 1 Efficacy_none
Muscle spasms 1 2 Efficacy_none

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 2
Mild
 0
None
 2

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

Stiffness/Spasticity 1
Stiffness in neck 1
Hypersensitive skin 1

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Nerve Block

Always
 3 60%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 40%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Nerve Block

Very
 2 40%
Somewhat
 1 20%
A little
 1 20%
Not at all
 1 20%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Nerve Block

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 33%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 33%
< $25
 1 33%

Report created on February 12, 2012.