I know Roxie uses them for her back and finds them helpful. I have found them to increase my pain but I am weird. It is not from the meds inside but anything resting on my pain area even a finger aggrevates. As for the stick if you are just getting out of the shower or bath try to wait a little so your skin is not so wet still. The foot sounds hard if on the bottom. Could you put it on the top and may stick better?

Thank you all. I wait to put them on the bottoms of feet, untill I am well dried off from the shower. Those are the main ones I have to tape. If I put one on my neck it doesn't stay, and due to mobility problems with my arms, I can't do the tape. If I stick one on a shoulder, it stays stuck. I had a thought today, hmmmm, that could be dangerous! maybe I could just email the company and see if they have any suggestions, or maybe I could suggest to them to improve the sticky stuff!!!!
Barb

because of the oils from the hair. This is when cleaning the skin with
alcohol is useful.

I find putting the patches on the ends of the nerves where you "feel" the pain, is less productive and can make the pain more intense even.

I put them higher up along the nerve path, and stop the signal that way.
I have no increased pain from that style.
I would NEVER use them on the bottoms of the feet myself. They are much
more effect on the top toward the inner ankle bone (just below) since that
is where the nerves exit the tarsal tunnel.

When I first got them for my MP... years ago when they first came out...I tried putting them where I felt the pain in my thigh. I learned very quickly that was a waste. Now I use them based on anatomy pictures I look up, at the exit of the nerve from the abdomen thru the inguinal opening. They effectively stopped my pain in 14 days, and it has not returned! (I do have some left over numbness, but I can certainly live with THAT).

For knee pain I only use them behind the knee. They work far better near the meniscal nerve, than on the front, where I feel the pain.

So over the years I strongly recommend careful placement for best results.

I bet these are hard for the lidoderm patches to stick to, like palms, because, if you don't have autonomic neuropathy, they SHOULD sweat. maybe putting them on the top of your feet would help, as Mrs D does. I put them on the top of my feet for itching. That drives me more nuts than any other sensation. the result is so-so. Sometimes I think they work; sometimes I don't.

Hi. Even if you call a pharmacist they may be able to tell you if that is safe. I may try them on my back which is a different pain. On my leg like I said was not good but worth a shot. Mrs D that is interesting I am going to look at anatomy pics and try that. Thanks for the tip.