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@irr4et thank you for the info on lidocaine leaching, That explains what happens to me. After my occipital injection, the pain down my neck shoulder, arm and back on left side was extreme, and left side of face and scalp hurt and were numb. The pain and stiffness radiated to my rib cage and I had trouble breathing. The neuro has no idea why this happened.
A few months later I had some lidocaine injections in my trap and rhomboid, basically shoulder blade, and pain increased for weeks. I have told docs NO lidocaine injections. Now there is nothing they can offer, and my pain is worsened by what they tried.
Is your damage permanent? My left hand is starting to curl in and it seems to be related. It may be Dupuytrens or scleroderma (I have positive antibodies) but to me, it seems related to that occipital injection. It feels connected to left neck, shoulder, arm...then hand that is tightening. My left arm is very much shorter than my right.
ps I sent part of your post to my neuro!
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Oh bless ur heart! I’m so very sorry u are going thru this bc of lidocaine. What I’m being told is that some ppl are sensitive to it. But after how it has hurt me, I can’t imagine it being ok for anyone to have injections of it except maybe a little of it to remove a mole or other skin lesion. I had to get on medical cannabis to deal with the pain lidocaine has caused. Can u do that? I use 1/4th of an Indica THC gummy 1:25 hrs before bedtime. That’s how long it takes to start working. If u still can’t fall asleep, maybe ur Dr would prescribe a few caplets of Zolpidem 10 mgs. I bite off 1/3rd of a caplet bc 3 mgs of all it takes to enable me to fall asleep. THC enhances the effect of zolpidem a little wh is nice.