Study: IV Lidocaine Infusion Offers Short-to-Medium Term Relief for Chronic Pain Patients
A study led by Abdelhady S.M. Ali of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust found that intravenous lidocaine infusion provides short-to-medium term pain relief for chronic pain patients, with only mild side effects and high patient satisfaction. However, researchers caution that definitive conclusions about long-term efficacy cannot be drawn from this dataset alone.
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Patients with chronic pain who received an intravenous (IV) infusion of lidocaine reported relief from pain in the short-to-medium term, encountered only mild side effects, and reported high overall satisfaction with the treatment.
Although IV lidocaine 'may provide short- to medium-term analgesic benefit, definitive conclusions regarding sustained long-term efficacy cannot be drawn from this dataset alone,' the researchers reported.
From the article
An intravenous infusion of lidocaine in patients with chronic pain is associated with clinically meaningful relief from pain and mild side effects, a study finds.
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