Placement of the Lidoderm patches is very important.
I cut mine in half and place long wise at the top of the thigh, to intercept the nerve as it exits under the inguinal ligament:
figure 2B shows where the sensory femoral nerve exits the abdomen:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0401/p2109.html
Placing along the thigh lower down, only made pain worse for me. Lidoderm patches work best by intercepting the main body of the nerve, and not the endpoints where pain is actually felt.
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