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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: near Allentown, PA
Posts: 209
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: near Allentown, PA
Posts: 209
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daniella,
i had wonderful results with the lidocaine iv's.....for 5 years i was functional, in little pain, and had few sympathetic symptoms.
tho my pain doc did have some patients who had the iv's once a month, i did better with a different approach....i would have 3 treatments spread out over 8 or 9 days, and then none for 3 months......the first one never gave me more than 10 or 12 hours of pain relief, the second would last for a day or 2 and third was good for about 8 or 9 weeks.
as of 3 years ago, my insurance company will no longer pay for ANY sort of lidocaine treatment and i have had a serious increase in all symptoms since then....i wish with all my heart that i could have the treatments done again, but we can't get approval for it.
if your insurance will cover it, then u might want to give it a try.....it doesn't work for everyone, but it seems to work very well for the people it does help.
good luck with the treatments.
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best to all,
liz
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