Thank you so much! This is very helpful. I have postherpetic neuralgia around my lower back. Should I use half a patch per day, or 1 patch or 2 patches per day?
How long should I use the patches? Daily for 2 or 3 days, or longer? I heard some people use them for 12 hours on and then 12 hours off.
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Originally Posted by mrsD
How you cut them depends on which nerve you are intercepting.
I use 1/2 patch on the tops of my feet for intercepting most of the nerves in the foot. Also 1/4 across the medial side of the ankle if necessary. 1/2 patch behind the knees if necessary to intercept higher. I use whole patches on my lower back when needed.
Strips on fingers/toes are not really going to do much. The amount of lidocaine reduces with each volume decrease cut.
I do use Salonpas patches in strips on my fingers where swelling is obvious and those do work in small amounts.
Do not use Lidoderms on the bottoms of the feet...the skin is too thick there for them to work... and you need to intercept the nerves when they join into a major axon, and not at the dendrite level.
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