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What is Lidocaine Topical?

Lidocaine is a local anesthetic. It works by stopping nerves from sending pain signals. As a cream, Lidocaine is used to relieve itching, burning and pain from skin inflammations.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Peripheral Neuropathy 20 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
CRPS I (Complex regional pain syndrome type I) 9 1 Efficacy_major
Pain 6 1 Efficacy_moderate
CRPS II (Complex regional pain syndrome type II) 4 0
Muscle pain 3 0
Hemorrhoids 3 0

See all 37 patients currently taking Lidocaine Topical

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 7

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Lidocaine Topical. See all 25 dosages ►

  5% as needed 2.5% as needed 0.5% as needed 2% as needed 1 other daily 2 g daily 4 other daily 4 g daily 10 g daily 15 g daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lidocaine Topical (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 12   Did not seem to work: 57%
Other 5   Other: 24%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 14%
Expense 3   Expense: 14%
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 14%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 5%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 5%

See all 20 patients who’ve stopped taking Lidocaine Topical

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lidocaine Topical

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Lidocaine Topical

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Lidocaine Topical

Always
 3 43%
Usually
 2 29%
Sometimes
 2 29%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lidocaine Topical

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 14%
Not at all
 6 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lidocaine Topical

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 33%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 67%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.