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A member asked:

I had a lumbar sympathetic block for my leg yesterday at my pain clinic. am i cured?

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Blocks: If you were in pain before the treatment and now the pain has subsided, hopefully it worked.

Dr Ali and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 12/6/2012

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Dr. Darrell Herrington answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Maybe: Cure is a difficult thing to achieve. Your benefit may only be temporary, depending on the underlying diagnosis. But even if only helpful for 3-6 months, resolution of pain by that method me be better than the alternatives.

Answered 11/8/2012

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