The Role of Intravenous (IV) Lidocaine in the Management of Chronic Neuropathic Pain of Peripheral Nerve Origin

Summary

Pain as a result of nerve injury (neuropathic pain) is a particularly severe form of chronic pain. Common examples of neuropathic pain are pain due to diabetes and shingles. There is good evidence that an intravenous infusion of lidocaine (local anesthetic) is useful for the management of neuropathic pain in the short term - up to six hours.

Timeline

Start

2011-09

Primary completion

2015-12

Completion

2015-12

Publications

• Moulin DE, Morley-Forster PK, Pirani Z, Rohfritsch C, Stitt L. Intravenous lidocaine in the management of chronic peripheral neuropathic pain: a randomized-controlled trial. Can J Anaesth. 2019 Jul;66(7):820-827. doi: 10.1007/s12630-019-01395-8. Epub 2019 May 16.

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