Lidocaine Infusion
 

Well I had it done yesterday and much ado about nothing!!
I was checked into Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, went to the Infusion Unit. They hooked up heart monitors and a nurse stayed with me the whole time and it took about 1/2 hour.
I barely had any reaction to it good or bad. I guess it usually causes BP to drop but mine did the opposite.
I got slightly light headed and a little tingly lips and tongue. No other side effects and NO EFFECT ON PAIN OR MOBILITY:( No effect on the spreading to my foot :(
I asked the nurse if they ever used Ketamine, she said NO, but then said she had heard of them using it but only in ICU. :confused:
I'm going back to my PM Dr. to ask about the drugs mentioned in the video.
Thanks for the link! (sorry) was it Vrae or Bram?
:hug:

I'm so sorry it didn't work ... :(

Oh well AzDi...:rolleyes:

I'm glad you're ok and didn't have any problems with it, but I'm sorry it didn't help at all...still, you gave it a go and at least you can strike it off the list of possibilities now.

Take care,
Bram.

First of all im sorry it didn't work! This is something I have considered myself, along with trying IVIG before ketamine. The nurse wasn't aware (which most people aren't) that ketamine can be used for RSD. What she was saying that they use it in the ICU, is because they use it for patients that are very sick to keep them sedated usually while there on a ventilator to keep them sedated.