Has anyone been offered a Lidocaine infusion for pain relief?
 

Hi everyone
i have small fibre peripheral neuropathy and I went to a Pain Management Clinic today and the anesthetist offered me a Lidocaine infusion for pain relief - I will need to visit hospital for a day and have this inserted by drip for 5 hrs and hopefully it will give 6 weeks of pain relief. He said sometimes after a series of this treatment the sodium pumps in the nerves settle down. Has anyone else had experience of this treatment?
Arlene

Lidocaine infusion? Not sure if it is the same as what you are talking about. I had it done but mine was shorter but in the hospital pain management as well.

Yes possibly the same - different countries have different names - did it work for you?

I saw your post on PN too. I have both PN and RSD. For me it did not help. I do know when I posted before this was done there were some people who it did help. You may want to do a search for lidocaine infusion. Also my pain doc and who knows if this is accurate but said this infusion works better for PN type pain then RSD. That is why he felt I did not benefit from it because though I have both they think my rsd is causing more of my pain. I am not sure if I am making sense.

My wife had it done at GW Hospital. It didn't work. But she does like the Lidocaine cream for temporary relief on certain joints like her ankles and neck.

Lidoderm is the commercial name for Lidocaine patches.

Every docs cocktail is different for stellate ganglion blocks, but I'm fairly sure Lidocaine was a component when I had mine done.

My experience as well, just at a different hospital. And the compounded gel - mine includes ketamine and Neurontin as well as lidocaine - works (if only temporary) wonders on the pain of burning skin.

Mike

Hi,
 

I've had lidocaine injections for years. It was the slow way of calming things down but it worked for me. I still use the lidocaine patch. I also had some ketamine injections.

I think we have talked about the infusions on here. Several have had them. They will come on and tell you about them. I think the lidocaine and the ketamine are good sources for trying to calm the RSD down.

Ada

Hi there,

I have IV Lidocaine infusions every 3 weeks. My doc gives me 100 bolus pushed slowly over 5 minutes and then the rest 700mg in the bag. The infusion runs over 2 hours. I've been having them for a few years now and they keep my condition fairly stable. I take very few other medications. Yes I do believe that the lidocaine given like this helps to calm down the sodium channels.

I don't have any nasty side effects from it other than slightly elevated BP and sometimes a little bit of a head ache on the infusion days. I just had mine yesterday and feel terrific today, ready to take on the world.


MsL

What you are probably thinking of is the lidocaine injections given just before the SGB to numb the area