You will find an article about Trigger Point Injections by clicking: "Resources" at the IPPS's homepage, which is found at the following web site:
By clicking "Physician Members" you will see the names of Barbara Levy, M.D. and James Weyand, M.D. listed for the state of Washington.
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At Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Jaynie Jarvis wrote:
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>For those of us in Seattle area I have asked Dr. Wiseman to recommend
>some one to use. I got Barbara Levy gyn off of the pelvic pain society
>web page and there is someone else whose office is on a houseboat. Don't
>want any erogant doctor so I did not call him. I'm alittle judgemental
>don't you think.Anyway I did not go through with my last nerve block.My
>dr. could not gve me an explanation to why my legs ached so much after
>ward and I found out that the final block they use a destructive agent
>to actually kill off the nerve whih grows back in 6-8 months. So I
>talked to her about having trigger point injectios in tender spots on
>stomach 1st since that is the less serious procedure.She is willing but
>acted like she has never done it in the abdomen before. I'll be
>canceling that appt. also. Has anyone had trigger point injections in
>there abdomen? And WELCOME HOME PEGGY!!! Hope everything went well and
>you are home. Let us know how it went. Thanks Jaynie
-- The 15th century proverb which summarizes the purpose of medicine is: * To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. *