Systemic lidocaine for neuropathic pain relief
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Pain
- Vol. 87 (1), 7-17
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(00)00229-3
Abstract
The effectiveness of systemic lidocaine in relieving acute and chronic pain has been recognized for over 35 years. In particular, systemic lidocaine has been utilized both as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for intractable neuropathic pain during the last decade. The introduction of oral lKeywords
This publication has 61 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Anti-Allodynic Effects of Amitriptyline, Gabapentin, and Lidocaine in a Rat Model of Neuropathic PainAnesthesia & Analgesia, 1998
- MexiletineDrugs, 1998
- Pilot study evaluating local anesthetics administered systemically for treatment of pain in patients with advanced cancerJournal of Pain and Symptom Management, 1997
- Response to intravenous lidocaine infusion predicts subsequent response to oral mexiletine: A prospective studyJournal of Pain and Symptom Management, 1996
- Protracted Relief of Experimental Neuropathic Pain by Systemic Local AnestheticsAnesthesiology, 1995
- Spontaneous discharge originates in the dorsal root ganglion at the onset of a painful peripheral neuropathy in the ratNeuroscience Letters, 1992
- Lidocaine test in neuralgiaPain, 1992
- Subcutaneous lidocaine for treatment of neuropathic cancer painPain, 1991
- Mexiletine for Thalamic Pain SyndromeInternational Journal of Neuroscience, 1990
- Intravenous lidocaine infusion — a new treatment of chronic painful diabetic neuropathy?Pain, 1987