Intravenous lidocaine for refractory chronic orofacial pain: Two case reports and a literature review

Abdulaziz Almahrezi; Louise Lamb; Mark A. Ware; Yoram Shir; Ibrahim Al-Zakwani

Intravenous lidocaine for refractory chronic orofacial pain: Two case reports and a literature review

Abdulaziz Almahrezi, Louise Lamb, Mark A. Ware, Yoram Shir, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani^*

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Abstract

This report presents the results of treatment of two adults, at the Pain Center of Montreal General Hospital, Canada, with intravenous lidocaine for intractable orofacial pain. Repeated lidocaine infusions (1mg/kg in a bolus, followed by 4mg/kg infused over 1 hour) resulted in satisfactory pain relief in both patients, and the drug was well tolerated. Intravenous lidocaine therapy may be considered for intractable orofacial pain; further research is warranted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	205-209
Number of pages	5
Journal	Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Volume	8
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Jul 2008

Keywords

Canada
Case reports
Facial pain
Humans
Lidocaine
Literature
Review
Therapeutics

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General Medicine

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