Drug companies pay doctors to call their fellow friends even and tell them what drugs they are using. It is a very subtle and
secretive thing. They are given expensive reference books too as "gifts" for this type of thing. Some of this is becoming less common in certain geographical areas, due to hospitals not letting reps in any more. I've seen some new comments that some New England areas are rep --unfriendly.

Limbrel sounded so good when it came out...but it has totally fizzled. You can do the same thing with much less money yourself by choosing certain supplements that suppress Cox-2 ..starting with fish oil.

If you would like to peek into the rep world, here is the address:
www.cafepharma.com
Click on "boards" and read. Be aware that language and content are at times offensive there, but that is revealing about the type of people who do that job..selling drugs to doctors!

I would seriously investigate any treatments involving injecting phenol into the nerves. This is called chemical ablation and can backfire into more pain down the road.