March 25, 2007 - 9:10am
I'm wondering if they have spring-loaded lidocaine injections for home use for chronic pain suffers. Oddly enough, Whenever I have my nerve blocks and steroid injections, the lidocaine local they give me numbs the pain and I'm hoping they have a 'home version'. Not a syringe deal, but maybe something spring loaded I could just push into my side and numb it? :D
That would be awesome.
Thanks,
March 25, 2007 - 9:30am
#2
I should have mentioned,
I should have mentioned, I've tried the patches (lidoderm) -- no relief :(
March 28, 2007 - 1:42am
#3
that's because they are
that's because they are severally different. Lidocaine is injected to basically numb the muscle or area its injected into. the lidoderm patches are only a topical that numbs the general area of the skin it is applied. These patches are not intended to numb internal pains, only external. That said, as far as I know, there are no home versions of lidocaine as it has to be injected into the right spot to work correctly.
They do make lidocaine patches that many ppl use. Two of the names they go by are Lidoderm and Lidopain.
Mimi