Dubious

You have very much misunderstood what I was saying. I didn't say that SGBs would run their course and be 'shelved'. I was very careful in the language I used exactly so that I didn't say that. I was, in fact, making the point that there will always be people for whom sympathetic blocks are an effective therapeutic option. I was also careful to recognise that people are all different as are their symptom patterns. I want to make sure that what I actually said is correctly represented.

You clearly have a very strong view about the medical profession and the current vogue for evidence based medicine so it is not something I will comment on. I would only comment that taking internet based medical advice from other people with a diagnosis that purports to be the same as ones' own is certainly not risk free, information offered in good faith can be completely incorrect nor is it necessarily going to give any better an outcome. Many of us share professional knowledge of the healthcare industries and/or medico-legal fields but although we don't share your views, ours are still just as valid.