PatientsLikeMe : Lidocaine Transdermal Treatment Report

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Patients

Taking Lidocaine Transdermal
44 Patients currently take Lidocaine Transdermal
7 Patients stopped taking Lidocaine Transdermal
YbNormL Depression: 1 Emotional: 1 Compulsion: 1 Anxiety: 2 Mania: 1 Physical: 2 External Stress: Severe 53 F Function: High Distress: Low See profile YbNormL Lidoderm, 5 as needed since Aug 15, 2001
GothicRosie Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: mild Speech: moderate Swallowing: none Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile GothicRosie Lidoderm, as needed since Dec 14, 2007
PERgrandma Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: mild Speech: mild Swallowing: mild Upper limb: mild Walking: mild See profile PERgrandma since Jan 26, 2008

Brand Names: Lidoderm
Generic Name: Lidocaine Transdermal

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. Read more...

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Reasons Taken

51 patients in the community are taking or have taken Lidocaine Transdermal.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Pain	22	43%
Other	18	35%
Back pain	4	7%
Stiffness/spasticity	1	1%
Pain: mid-back (bra-strap area)	1	1%
Pain, neck	1	1%
General health	1	1%
Sensation	1	1%
Slow my MS progress	1	1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Lidocaine Transdermal.

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0 day	0 g none	0 mg none	0 other none	0 none	2 day	5 g day	5 mcg day	5 mg day	5 day	0 g none	700 mg day
2	2	4	1	20	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Lidocaine Transdermal or how long patients were taking Lidocaine Transdermal before stopping.

Currently taking Lidocaine Transdermal

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	1	3	8	6	9

Stopped taking Lidocaine Transdermal

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
1	4	1	1	0	0

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lidocaine Transdermal (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work	5	63%
Course of treatment ended	2	25%
Expense	1	13%
Other	1	13%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate	100%	1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	0%	0
None	100%	3

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)

RebeccaJean

Mood: Very bad

Cognition: Moderate

Autonomic: Moderate

Head: severe

Arms: severe

Legs: severe

Tremors: moderate

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by RebeccaJean
Dec 31, 2007