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Hello @phyllisg. This sounds like a miserable situation for you both. Don’t forget about using different modes of pain relief together. Ice packs can often dull pain when nothing else does. Topical pain relievers with menthol and camphor or lidocaine can be used daily. Temporary relief but a brief respite. There are patches that can last 8 hours. I used the Salonpas patches for my cancer pain around my ear. Helped me sleep at night. Nerves are very slow to heal so patience is needed, and whatever combination of pain control it takes.
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I have never thought of Salonpas patches throughout my nasopharyngeal cancer treatment (that was more than 16 yrs ago) - now I am having late effects of radiation - and diagnosed with dysphagia and severe neck fibrosis - just wondering - will the Salonpas patch helps with my neck fibrosis?
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Thank you!! Strangely enough I was lying in bed at 4am this morning after giving him a gabapentin and thought about the salonpas patches and wondered if they safe to use there. That and the lidocaine cream. I use both and they do help. He has a few oxycodone pills and I may try that today.