Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
[The efficacy of intravenous lidocaine for acute herpetic pain--placebo controlled trial].
Acute herpetic pain (AHP) which is considered not only nociceptive pain but also neuropathic pain, is often severe and intractable. Although there have been reports of the efficacy of intravenous lidocaine (IVL) for neuropathic pain, the efficacy of lidocaine for AHP is not known. Therefore, the effect of IVL for AHP was examined. ⋯ This study demonstrates that IVL has a significant analgesic effect in patients with AHP.