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Originally Posted by maryagingersmom
I have severe fibromyalgia and a pinched nerve in my lower back. I have been treating with a pain specialist for 6 years. He is great! I take methadone and oxycodone for pain. My regular doctor prescribed 5% lidocaine ointment for topical use several months ago. It works very well. I told my pain doctor about it and he suggested that I have lidocaine infusions. So, I had the first one today. It hasn't done anything so far. It did make me feel "out of it". Luckily, my daughter went with me, so she could drive me home in case that happened. I guess these infusions work for approximately 2 weeks. I guess I will have to wait and see. I saw where others said that it was not very good, etc. I don't know. I just thought I would put my 2 cents in.
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I hope you get some relief from the infusion, I have been getting them for over a year now and although they don't take the pain away completely they give me lots of good days. I am always out of it for a few days afterwards, although I am so tired by the time I get them that maybe it is just sheer exhaustion. The first three days I still get pain but it is only on the surface of the skin, it burns immensely and then the pain lessens.
My pain doc has seen patients whose pain has gradually disappeared and I can say one foot(which used to be my worst is now a lot better than the other).
Remember not to overdo it too much when you do feel good as the pain can come back with a vengeance, I wrote a sort of blog last year if you want to read it just look at my old threads.
I get around 3-4 weeks relief now but only have the infusions every6-8 weeks which is a living nghtmare as you know there is a treatment but in the UK I can't get access to this.