The Role of Intravenous (IV) Lidocaine in the Management of Chronic Neuropathic Pain of Peripheral Nerve Origin
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
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.