Neuralgia Pain
Neuralgia Treatment That Can Sometimes Provide Days To Months Of Relief
Recent studies have shown that injections of the sugar, dextrose, and/or the neuromodulator, Botox, when placed in specific locations, can sometimes provide immediate relief from neuralgia pain for up to several months. For anyone suffering from the severe pain of neuralgia, it probably sounds too good to be true.
Another name for the dextrose treatment for nerve pain is neural prolotherapy, and it’s been found to be effective in post-herpetic and trigeminal neuralgia, among other painful conditions.
My Personal Journey with Neuralgia Pain
Discovering a Treatment to Stop My Own Pain
by Dr. Elliott
What happens during a neuralgia treatment?
The treatment involves one or more injections of medication using tiny needles near the nerves that are causing the pain. With post-herpetic neuralgia, the medication is injected just under the surface of the skin and in trigeminal neuralgia, the injections may be placed close to the misbehaving nerve. Injections usually take less than fifteen minutes to complete. There’s minimal discomfort with the injections, and when effective, some people report almost immediate improvement in pain. You can return to your normal activities immediately.
An experiment with at-home neuralgia treatment
Since dextrose injections for post-herpetic neuralgia are placed so superficially under the skin, a treatment option worth trying is using our Microinfusion Skin Stamping vials to deliver the medication under your skin at home when you have pain.
The tops of the vials have tiny hollow needles, each thinner than a hair, to infuse the medication into the layer of skin where the sensory nerves are located.
Price $225
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The fee for a treatment is $200 but the initial consultation is complimentary. Prices are subject to change without notice.
Individual results will vary and some patients may not notice any improvement. The treatment can be repeated as often as desired.
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Research studies referred to on this website are limited and many conclude further evaluation is required from well-controlled clinical trials to verify possible benefits. The treatment and therapy listed above do not work for everyone. Results achieved by some patients may not be typical for other patients. There are no guarantees that this treatment will help you. All information listed above, including references to current research journals, is for educational purposes only.