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What is Lidocaine?

Lidocaine is a local anesthetic. It works by stopping nerves from sending pain signals. Lidocaine comes in a variety of preparations including liquid, cream, gel, lotion, spray, transdermal, injectables and infusions. Some are over the counter and others require a physician's prescription.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 4 0
Neck pain 3 1 Efficacy_major
Burning Pain 2 2 Efficacy_major
Migraine headaches 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Pain 1 1 Efficacy_major
anesthesia 1 1 Efficacy_major

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 4

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Lidocaine

Numbness 1

Reported Dosages

  0.5% as needed 0.5other as needed 1other as needed 2 as needed 5% as needed weekly 15 g monthly 0.5 g daily 2 g daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lidocaine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 50%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 25%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 25%

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

Currently Taking Lidocaine

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

Stopped Taking Lidocaine

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Lidocaine

Always
 3 50%
Usually
 1 17%
Sometimes
 1 17%
Never
 1 17%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lidocaine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 17%
A little
 1 17%
Not at all
 4 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lidocaine

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

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Report created on May 27, 2012.