News Stellate Ganglion Block Showed No Significant Benefit For Post-traumatic Stress Disorder In...

[MyPTSD]

A sympathetic nerve block that has shown promise for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) performed no better than sham treatment in a randomized controlled trial, new research shows.

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[Ed Norton]

That's a shame I was really holding out hope for SGB.

 

[anthony]

I wasn't... I thought it was an interesting direction and area to look for a solution, being far left of anything being tried at the time... but didn't really give it much credence for possibly an effective treatment for a mental health condition.