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Experimental cure for PTSD now being tested. Interested?

It's called the Stellate Ganglion Block. It's an injection in the front of the neck that places a local anaesthetic directly on the stellate ganglion which appears to lie along the side of the spine in the neck just below the skull. The procedure takes 15 minutes. They are saying that the stellate ganglion controls the fight or flight reflex, and in PTSD patients, that part of the brain is overstimulated and won't shut off.

Army veterans in the experimental program at Walter Reed say it is like having an enormous weight lifted from them. The treatment lasts for 6 months, and improvement is usually immediate. One to two treatments may be necessary.

Other drugs and therapy that did not work previously work beautifully after the SGB treatment. Veterans whose families were present say it was like the veteran was lost, but has now been returned to them. The news report is calling the treatment a game changer.

SBG has been in use for some time as a last ditch sort of treatment for sufferers of chronic pain.

So...there is hope on the horizon for our beloved veterans suffering from PTSD. If the treatment is approved in the future it will be available through the Veterans Administration hospitals.
mrmoose · 70-79, M
And for us non vets what?
4meAndyou · F
@mrmoose It will not be free.
mrmoose · 70-79, M
@4meAndyou I cannot afford
4meAndyou · F
@mrmoose Do you have insurance?
purplepen · 51-55, F
It sounds good but I wonder how much the needle hurts whIle it's being stabbed into the neck.

 
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