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A recent research article showed that
Stellate Ganglion Block ( injection of local anaesthetic in the lower neck) helped 3 patients with RLS, reducing severity and helping sleep.
This might be useful for patients with kidney disease or who cannot tolerate any of the medications used for RLS.
Obviously, further studies with more patients will be required.
Sounds promising.
SGNB has also been used to treat various other conditions including scleroderma - which my father died of 20 odd years ago (he was not treated with this, and I cant imagine how it would have helped).
There have been some complications reported following SGNB:
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Yes, I don't fancy any injections near my spinal cord/neck. It should be reserved for the refractory cases where nothing else has worked.
I registered for the full article. N = 3 is just a start but good to see them thinking outside the box. Info on Stellate ganglion block -my.clevelandclinic.org/heal...
There is always something more that can be done. This would be firmly in the experimental area but something to keep an eye on.
I am amazed that someone can dream up an anesthetic in the back of the neck to relieve RLS. What brave 3 people said "let's give it a go on my neck and see what happens" You'd have to be pretty desperate.
It makes me wonder if this would be beneficial to people going through a bad time with augmentation and getting off the drugs. Or with patients with Parkinsons going through bad augmentation and withdrawal.
I don’t like the sound of it and needs many more studies but as i am suffering again with my meds now having to reduce my doses stop the dihydrocodeine stop the codeine phosphate they are causing me to struggle with the day time side effects maybe i could benefit from this jab. 🤔
I'm sorry to hear that Elisse.Like you, I don't like the sound of it, but if Buprenorphine ever stops working, who knows?
It's a very easy procedure to have in opinion. It's very safe too. You're welcome to ask me any questions you may have about the SGB. Although the first 24hrs were bliss, everything returned shortly after. I didn't get it done for RLS though but I did notice my RLS/PLMD vanished for a whole night. That's never happened to me in well over 2 decades.
Thanks for your reply think i will wait for further studies its not approved so a long way off to be thinking about if i would try it.
Sensible thinking! 
Had one done several years ago for other reasons. Felt awful afterwards. No idea if it helped my RLS as I wasn't focused on that. Didn't do squat for intended purpose either. It was a quick outpatient procedure though. In and out.
That's helpful ZiggyPiggy. I suspect that placebo may have something to do with the results for the 3 patients.I keep reading about the leg vein operations that are very popular in the USA to relieve RLS.
The majority of people who pay to have it done report it has helped their RLS, but there is no scientific reason that a leg vein operation will help a neurological disease caused by low brain iron, dopamine receptor disfunction.
I do feel that circulatory issues - or at least what I suspect may be circulatory issues - may be linked to my RLS.While I rarely have symptoms nowadays, when I do feel incipient onset- I find that sleeping on my side, or better my front with my knees apart, generally stops it happening.
I've had this done. It helped for 24hrs and then returned.
That's good to know. Another reason to do more research.
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