Originally Posted by Susanne C.

From everything I have read here and elsewhere, it is standard procedure for many pain doctors to put patients through blocks before they will advance to prescribing pain meds. The injections make them a lot of money and seldom if ever work on neuropathy pain. I have no idea why this is so prevalent considering that the statistics on the failure rate are out there. It seems unconscionable, wasting money and delaying effective relief.
I know absolutely nothing about surgery, but I would try very hard to avoid it unless it was a clear cut path to relief. So many come here with neuropathies caused by surgery.