lidocaine reactions

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hey you two

My dry tap was on the left side as well and the problems did not start

until after she was done with the right side.. and rolled me over. Here

is what the wdb site said on licocaine toxicity. I had every single

symptom except the coma and they had an IV in me 'stat " .

The symptoms of lidocaine toxicity tend to follow a predictable

progression. The toxicity begins with numbness of the tongue,

lightheadedness, and visual disturbances and progresses to muscle

twitching, unconsciousness, and seizures, then coma, respiratory arrest,

and cardiovascular depression.

* CNS toxicity: When the lidocaine dose is increased from 1 mg/kg to

1.5 mg/kg, the risk of CNS toxicity increases from 10% to 80%. Symptoms

include the following: * Lightheadedness, dizziness * Visual

disturbance * Headache * Perioral tingling, numbness or tingling

of tongue * Sedation * Impaired concentration * Dysarthria

* Tinnitus * Metallic taste * Muscular twitching, tremors

*

With progression of toxicity, the patient may experience tonic-clonic

seizures and, eventually, unconsciousness and coma. Seizures generally

do not occur with lidocaine levels of less than 10 mcg/mL.

*

* I hope this helps you to determine what happened.

*

* Love

* Barb

> > >

> > > HI EVERYONE, FIRST, THANKS FOR YOUR KIND WORDS, PRAYERS,

> BLESSINGS AND

> > GOOD THOUGHTS.

> > > NOW FOR ANN ARBOR AND XL228. FIRST OF ALL ERNIE AND LEN AND I

> THOUGHT

> > IT WAS ODD THAT THEY MIGHT START ME ON A NEW DRUG WITHOUT BEING

> SURE I

> > WAS OFF THE PRESENT DRUG FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. AND WE WERE

> SO

> > RIGHT. I CANNOT START IT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. BUT THAT'S OK, I DID THE

> LABS,

> > EKG, URINE TEST, MORE BLOOD, MORE URINE TEST, VISITED WITH DR.

> TALPAZ

> > AND HAD THE STRANGEST BMB/BMA EVER, AND I'VE HAD ABOUT 40. FOR SOME

> > REASON, AFTER SHE NUMBED THE LEFT SIDE, SHE COULD NOT GET A DRAW, AT

> > ALL, AND WE DECIDED TO DO THE OTHER SIDE. THAT WAS FINE, SHE GOT

> GREAT

> > RESULTS, BUT ALL IN ALL I WAS ON MY STOMACH ONE WHOLE HOUR. AND

> THAT ,

> > FOR SOME REASON, NUMBED MY NECK, MADE ME DIZZY AND I COULD HARDLY

> WALK.

> > IT WAS SO STRANGE, BUT DEAR SWEET ERNIE PUSHED ME OUT OF THERE IN A

> > WHEEL CHAIR. BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE MOTEL, AND I HAD TWO CUPS OF

> > STRONG COFFEE AND A GIANT PIECE OFCHERRY PIE, I FELT GOOD ENOUGH TO

> > DRIVE THE170 MILES HOME. SO, HERE I AM UNTIL MON, TUES, AND WED, OF

> > > NEXT WEEK, WHEN THEY WILL START ME ON DOUBLE WHATEVER LEN IS ON

> NOW.

> > > I ASKED WHY I AM GOING ON THIS DRUG, DR. TALPAZ EXPLAINED MY PCR

> HAD

> > DOUBLED, AND HE WAS AFRAID IT MIGHT KEEP DOING SO, AND WHILE

> WAITING FOR

> > THE ARIAD TRIAL HE PREFERRED ME TO BE ON SOMETHING HE THOUGHT MIGHT

> > CONTROL THE PCR BETTER THAN THE SPRYCEL.

> > > AFTER I START ON IT NEXT WEEK, I WILL HAVE TO DRIVE TO ANN ARBOR

> ONCE

> > A WEEK, THEY PREFER I HAVE THE INFUSION, AND SPEND THE NIGHT, TO BE

> SURE

> > I AM THERE IN CASE OF A REACTION. A FRIEND I MET IN HUSTON CAME OFF

> THE

> > XL228 LAST WEEK, DUE TO A REACTION THAT PUT HER IN EMERGENCY. BUT

> THEY

> > THINK IT WAS DUE TO PRE-EXISTING PROBLEMS, NOT THE DRUG ITSELF.

> > > LEN IS LOOKING FABULOUS, SO FAR SHE HAS NO ADVERSE REACTIONS TO

> THE

> > DRUG, AND WE HAD A GREAT VISIT.

> > > SO THAT'S IT FOR NOW, WILL KNOW MORE NEXT WEEK. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO

> > THOSE WITH BIRTHDAYS, KUDOS TO THOSE WITH GOOD PCRS AND LABS, AND

> ABOUT

> > ALCOHOL AND SPRYCEL, IT GIVES ME ACID REFLUX, BUT I WAS ONLY ON 40

> MG. A

> > DAY, NOT 100. MOST LIKELY BETTER TO LEAVE IT ALONE, BUT THAT ISN'T

> MUCH

> > FUN.

> > > AND LOTTIE? I FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH YOU, TRIAL # 5 COMING UP,

> BUT WHO

> > SAID THIS WAS A RACE? I FEEL LIKE YOU, I HAVE BEEN ON BORROWED TIME

> FOR

> > THE LAST 8 YEARS, AND TRUTHFULLY, I THINK THESE TRIALS ARE

> EXCITING. NEW

> > PLACES, NEW PEOPLE, AND A GREATER APPRECIATION OF LIFE, NOW I'M

> GETTING

> > CORNY, NITE ALL, LOVE, BOBBY

> > >

> > >

> > > a (Bobby) Doyle

> > > Brecksville, Ohio, USA

> > > DX 05/1995

> > > 02/2000 - Gleevec Trial/OHSU

> > > 06/2002 - Gleevec/Trisenox Trial/OHSU

> > > 06/2003 - Gleevec/Zarnestra Trial/OHSU

> > > 04/2004 - Sprycel Trial/MDACC, CCR in 10 months

> > > #840 - Zavie's Zero Club

> > > 09/2006 - out of CCR

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >