Hello all,

Curious if anyone has given 5 day IV Lidocaine Infusion Therapy for CRPS I or II?

Would love to hear your thoughts, thank you.

Temperature drop of 20 degrees has pain spiked to a barely tolerable level.. oh sun please come back... I'm begging you

Hi again.

I've never heard of that, but maybe your drs or info online may be able to help you. Sorry I can't help. I agree with the temp drop too. I live in New Jersey, and it's starting to get toocold for me. I wanted to thank you for all of your support too. You're really cool. Hope your have a good day.

Thanks Renee - You're really "cool" too!

Here is the link to an article by Dr. Schwartzman regarding it. http://http://www.rsds.org/pdfsall/S...rothusenJR.pdf
It seems to be helpful for pain related to temperature (especially cold) and lasted for some up to even 3-6 months. This intrigues me since even if only 3 months of pain reduction that could get me through the worst part of our winter if timed properly. My doctor has done many lidocaine infusions for CRPS patients but doesn't have experience with the 5 day continuous therapy - he is actually reaching out to our University in hopes that someone there might be willing to give it a try.

I think the biggest hurdle would be getting Insurance to approve it Thankfully I'm not a WC case but even so from my research it looks like that is the challenge. Hmm of course it is.. it has potential to work. grrrrrr

Have a terrific day,
Tessa

Hey Tessa! Sorry that I cannot help on this type of therapy, but it is good that your dr is looking into it! So sorry you are experiencing more pain

Sending hugs
Nanc

Thanks for the link Tessa.

I will look into it too. The change of temp. and cold are already getting to me and my rsd hand keeps getting colder and colder as I type. I don't know why. It's so weird and I have to put a glove on it now. (Which means I have to type with left hand. and of course i'm right handed.) I'll check out this link and see if I can try it too, but I'm not sure if my insurance will cover it either. Well, it's worth try. Thanks again and hope you have a good night.