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6 Points on Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Stellate Ganglion Block
Becker’s Spine Review – January 18, 2012
Stellate ganglion block (SGB) was first used in the 1920s as a therapeutic modality for the treatment of chronic pain. Physicians are trained to administer local anesthetics via injection into the patient’s neck to treat pain in the head, arms and hands. However, new research suggests that SGB, an injection at the level of the 6th or 7th cervical vertebra, can be helpful for treating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Eugene G. Lipov, MD, a Chicago-based anesthesiologist and pain management specialist who also volunteers as a consultant to the U.S. Navy, was the first physician nationally to pioneer administration of SGB to treat PTSD symptoms among veterans of the most recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
San Diego Naval Hospital Testing Unusual PTSD Treatment
LA Times - December 26, 2011
The Pentagon is spending hundreds of millions of dollars searching for a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, the overarching term for the nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety and restlessness suffered by many troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nearly all of the dozens of research projects involve long-term counseling and prescription drugs.
Study will test neck injections to combat PTSD
Navy Times – December 26, 2011
After seeing promising results with an innovative treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, a group of Navy doctors in San Diego hopes a new study will show a shot in the neck that quiets nerves could bring quick, lasting relief to suffering combat vets.
In a pilot study at Naval Medical Center San Diego, 42 active-duty service members will get injections to block or turn off nerves from transmitting triggers that can cause anxiety, hyperarousal or other symptoms of PTSD. Such nerve blocks, much like basic pain management treatments first done in 1925, typically bring relief in a few days, if not several hours, and in the weeks or months after the procedure.
Stellate Ganglion Block Shown to Relieve PTSD Symptoms
Becker’s Spine Review – December 07, 2o11
A new study involving primarily veterans supports injecting a local anesthetic into the necks of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder to relieve symptoms, according to a news release.
Performing a stellate ganglion block has shown to calm the irritability, flashbacks, insomnia and depression associated with PTSD. In an article scheduled for publication in a Feb. 2012 edition of Military Medicine, study authors show the injections can be beneficial.
Injections found to help PTSD symptoms
Stars and Stripes – October 05, 2o11
Despite apparent results, military not giving study a shot.
NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO — With anesthesiologist Eugene Lipov, first comes the unbridled enthusiasm for a novel treatment he thinks could be the answer to post-traumatic stress disorder, one that so far has had stunning results.
ABC 10 Coverage of PTSD Treatment
ABC 10
Doctor Believes Injection Is Key To Treating PTSD
10News.com
A Chicago-based pain specialist believes he is on the right track for the first biological treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
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NBC Chicago Coverage of PTSD Treatment
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CHICAGO MEDICAL INNOVATIONS (CMI) has been formed to operate exclusively for medical, educational, charitable and scientific purposes. This organization is in non profit compliance with Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Service.
More specifically, this corporation has been organized to research and implement effective, ongoing treatments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Hot Flashes (HF). CMI is committed to treating both of these conditions as biological symptoms.
Dr. Eugene Lipov is the Medical Director of CMI. He has developed neurobiological explanations for the origins of PTSD and HF. This is in addition to providing effective treatments for both highly debilitating conditions.
Dr. Lipov’s research findings have been replicated at multiple institutions such as Mayo Clinic, Belgium, Walter Reed Army Medical Center and others.
CMI sponsors effective treatments to improve the Quality Of Life (QOL) of patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Hot Flashes (HF). Additionally, CMI assists in the publication of the efficacy of the approaches for the treatments of the above conditions.
CMI will reinforce its unique programs through other highly qualified medical institutions, but will not itself practice medicine.
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