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What is Lidocaine Transdermal?

Lidocaine is a local anesthetic. It works by stopping nerves from sending pain signals. Lidocaine comes as a transdermal patch applied directly to the skin for localized relief of acute hypersensitivity and chronic pain in postherpetic neuralgia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 105 21 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Back pain 87 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Neck pain 28 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Pain in shoulders 23 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 19 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Muscle pain 17 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 277 patients currently taking Lidocaine Transdermal

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 1
Mild
 11
None
 54

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

Rash or skin problems 5
Bruising 1
Burning sensation in skin 1
Elevated blood pressure 1
Pain in shoulders 1
Neck pain 1
See all 14 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Lidocaine Transdermal. See all 62 dosages ►

  as needed 1mg as needed 5% as needed 3 5% as needed 1other as needed 700mg as needed 1 other daily 5 g daily 10 g daily 15 g daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 7 Number of Patients: 7 58 Number of Patients: 58 8 Number of Patients: 8 15 Number of Patients: 15 11 Number of Patients: 11 9 Number of Patients: 9 43 Number of Patients: 43 7 Number of Patients: 7 24 Number of Patients: 24  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lidocaine Transdermal (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 28   Did not seem to work: 47%
Course of treatment ended 11   Course of treatment ended: 18%
Other 9   Other: 15%
Expense 9   Expense: 15%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 5%
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 5%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 2%

See all 56 patients who’ve stopped taking Lidocaine Transdermal

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

Currently Taking Lidocaine Transdermal

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

Stopped Taking Lidocaine Transdermal

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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 Transdermal

Always
 31 46%
Usually
 18 26%
Sometimes
 13 19%
Never
 6 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lidocaine Transdermal

Very
 7 10%
Somewhat
 8 12%
A little
 25 37%
Not at all
 28 41%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lidocaine Transdermal

$200+
 5 10%
$100-199
 4 8%
$50-99
 6 13%
$25-49
 11 23%
< $25
 22 46%

Report created on May 28, 2012.