Re: Lidoderm Patch to Fliss too

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Hi Fliss,

I have had experience with Lidoderm patches: they were

developed by a doctor to help his wife get relief from neuropathic

pain from shingles (chicken pox virus reactivated in adults). It is

approved in the US for the use of shingle pain but other

neuropathic pain has been controlled with these patches (off

label use). Basically it works to calm down nerves that are

relatively close to the surface of the skin - think of the same thing

in the antibiotic with pain relief -that is the lidocaine - a topical

analgesic. The docs usually recommend that you give them a try

for a few weeks to see if they are effective. You can wear up to

three of them a day - 12 hours on / 12 off, although some docs

claim that going over the time limit will not cause anything bad to

happen.

In my experience they were not helpful for the scar tissue from

my surgeries and did nothing for the deep seated pancreatic

pain. But I continued to use them in the hopes that even a little

relief will prove beneficial. However they are effective for the

boo-boos you get from doing chores!

There is a website dedicated to these. If you search using

Lidoderm it should pop up!

Laurie