Cervical Plexus Hydrodissection With D5W for PTSD

Description

PTSD is a chronic mental health condition that drastically reduces an individual's quality of life Dextrose injection with a small needle has been used for chronic pain patients and observational results have shown it to be effective in reducing anxiety, brain fog, and depression in patients with PTSD. This randomized trial will compare dextrose injection with a delayed/usual treatment control.

Conditions

PTSD

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Study overview

PTSD is a chronic mental health condition that drastically reduces an individual's quality of life Dextrose injection with a small needle has been used for chronic pain patients and observational results have shown it to be effective in reducing anxiety, brain fog, and depression in patients with PTSD. This randomized trial will compare dextrose injection with a delayed/usual treatment control.

Cervical Plexus Hydrodissection With D5W for PTSD Versus Delayed Treatment/Usual Care

Cervical Plexus Hydrodissection With D5W for PTSD

Condition
PTSD
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Hilo

Hawaii Center for Regenerative Medicine, Hilo, Hawaii, United States, 96720

Portland

Paul W. Johnson, D.O., Clinic., Portland, Oregon, United States, 87213

Tigard

Northwest Regenerative Orthopedics, Tigard, Oregon, United States, 97224

Madison

Eric Phillippi M.D. Clinic, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53719

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Not involved in another study of PTSD treatment
  • * Reliable transportation
  • * Comfortable with computers
  • * Tried 2 or more medications for treatment of PTSD symptoms
  • * Tried 2 or more non-medication treatments for PTSD symptom
  • * No known life-threatening illness
  • * Not taking daily narcotics
  • * Not having 3or more alcoholic drinks on an average day
  • * No active suicidal plans
  • * No major surgery plans
  • * No major life stress that might interfere with completing study
  • * Symptoms for more than 1 year
  • * Not planning to move for next 18 months.
  • * Living within an hour of Kelowna or Victoria, British Columbia, Portland, Oregon, Madison, Wisconsin, or Hong Kong
  • * Wiling to provide 2 email and 2 phone contact methods
  • * Willing to answer questions on multiple occasions over the course of a year.
  • * Willing to be assigned to 3 months of usual care treatment
  • * No diagnosis of schizophrenia, Borderline Personality Disorder, or Bipolar Disorder.
  • * No severe needle phobia
  • * Chronic pain ≤ 5/10
  • * PCL-C score ≥ 50

Ages Eligible for Study

19 Years to 90 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Dr. Dean Reeves Clinic,

Kenneth D Reeves, M.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Dr. Dean Reeves Clinic

Study Record Dates

2027-10-01