I'm sorry...it's been quite a while since I visited this page.

I don't take meds for my CRPS except that I use Lidocaine patches and heat patches as needed. Unfortunately I had bad side effects from most of the common ones that offset the minimal relief they gave me and narcotic pain meds don't seem to touch my CRPS pain at all (but they help for acute pain like when I was recovering from surgery).

I still use the Lidocaine patches and heat patches for my CRPS but it's mostly in the areas that the stimulator doesn't help. My upper left leg, left shoulder, and both my forearms are the most common places I need to use the patches.

The stimulator has been life changing in terms of the functionality it has given me back....but I still have the pain 24/7 and in the areas that the stimulator doesn't help it's still a baseline of 8/10...so it's still rough. But I am so grateful for the relief I have gotten from the stimulators.