Thanks for the quick response.
* Yes the burning, sensitivity is primarily on the thighs (both). I do feel sharp tingles/stabs in my feet, toes, legs at times (random, short bursts) but the burning feeling of cloth touching the skin is painful only on the thighs. Even when the pant is touching the lower part of my leg (below knees) I feel no such burning there.
* I took Atenolol for many years (5+) and then switched to Lisinopril - I believe my primary care doc made this switch when he started to hear of my burning symptoms on my thigh. Apparently Atenolol is not as "safe" as Lisinopril. I had this thigh burning issue for about a year before I started Lisinopril.
* The neurologist did suggest meralgia paresthetica but that is typically on one leg and not both at the same time. But I am getting a prescription for lidocaine and I will try putting some near the sides (doc showed me where).
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Originally Posted by mrsD
Only the thighs? I have another question too. What type of blood pressure pill? Is it an ACE inhibitor? This family of drugs causes all sorts of grief for some people. I had a massive crisis reaction to lisinopril last Feb...due to the build up of bradykinin that these drugs cause. Burning stabbing pain everywhere, and swelling, and GI pain, and breathing difficulty.
Pain only in the thighs may be meralgia paresthetica. This is a sensory pathway nerve from L4-L5 in the back and gets compressed as it passes thru the abdomen. It exits at the top of the thigh near the side. Using Lidoderm patches at the exit,
sometimes puts the nerve to sleep (lateral femoral nerve).
this link has more:
Figure 2B shows the location where the nerve exits the abdomen.
I had this as a consequence of a surgery (C-section). Using the Lidoderm patches when they first came out, resulted in a remission for me, after 14 days or so. I had had it for over a decade before! I only had it on the right side.
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