My son had a major phobia to needles. He would start screaming as soon as he knew he had to get a blood draw and sometimes we couldnt get it. But, then our doctor gave us a prescription for lidocaine cream. It is a miracle worker!! You put it on 30 minutes before the blood draw and it numbs the area. Once my son realized it worked we never had a problem again...and now a year later he doesn't even use it. He now says the blood draws don't hurt and would rather not use the numbing cream.