[bradfiej]

My daughter has had a neuralstimulator implanted into her cervical spinal thecal sack area, this is for pain management of a compress thorazic vertebra that is causing nerve pain up and down her arms, shoulder and back area. This is a worker's comp case. She is 28 years old. She has been in pain since 31 May 2002. She has had all of the trigger point series and steroid injections, they have tried neurotin, she has taken hydrocodone, percacet and now is on methadone-only because she has to use the stimulator too much and they are afraid that it will run the implanted battery down to fast. She is completely wiped out now, if she sits down she falls asleep. She is also on lexapro for depression. The reason why she had this stimulator implanted was so she could get off the drugs. But I guess you can by a lot of $14 bottles of methadone for the price of the battery. MY QUESTION is would she be on methadone if this wasn't a workmans comp case??????????????

Jan