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Originally Posted by rwinney
Seems that would be my next step if I don't stick it out with lidocaine. Just started my 2nd to last max dose increase. Its been 3 months overall and I'm not convinced 3 days a week at best is sufficient pain relief when I still need pain pills. Time will tell. How is IVIG working and how long have you been doing it?
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Hi and thank you for posting this and I'm sorry to make my response about me. Reading this gave me hope that I have not had in a long time.
I had a diagnosis epidermal steroid injection to see if L4-5 was the cause of my small fiber neuropathy symptoms. The doctor injected a small amount of Lidocaine before the steroid injection. For at least 3 hours afterwards the Lidocaine made me feel completely like my old self before the SFN. The steroid never did much of anything for me so I did not repeat the procedure.
Are you saying the infusion only last 3 days or that you get 3 infusions a week? Do they completely take away your symptoms during those 3 days? Are the infusions injected in a vein as other infusions are?
My main SFN symptom is chronic burning and I would give just about anything to have a couple of days a week that I felt normal again.
Once again I apologize for hijacking your post.
carol