A new treatment may be in sight for cancer patients, from an unlikely source. Lidocaine is a commonly used local anesthetic that works by blocking signals at the nerve endings in the skin. It is often ...

Deaths from lidocaine poisonings more than doubled since 2010, calls to poison control centers suggested. Calls about local anesthetic poisonings decreased by 23%, mainly due to fewer non-lidocaine ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lidocaine may reduce pain during corticosteroid injection in hand and wrist conditions. Bayesian statistical ...

Aveva Drug Delivery Systems has received permission from the Food and Drug Administration for its generic lidocaine 1.8% patch, a non-opioid topical treatment for post-herpetic neuralgia. The generic ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is typically treated with chronic therapy, but patients occasionally require treatment for acute pain. Now, subcutaneous sumatriptan (Imitrex) and intranasal lidocaine have each ...