Xylocaine 4% eye drops (AstraZeneca) can bring down eye pain in post shingles eye pain from 5.9/10 to 0.9/10 in 15 minutes, and forehead pain from 6.3/10 to 2.6/10. This relief can last 8-96 hours in responders.
Anesth Analg. 2010 Mar 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Lidocaine Eye Drops Attenuate Pain Associated with Ophthalmic Postherpetic Neuralgia.
Kanai A, Okamoto T, Suzuki K, Niki Y, Okamoto H, Okamoto H. abstract here
- 0.4 mL of the 4% Xylocaine drops – I would suggest that commercial product be used as regular lidocaine is very acidic.
- 60% had initial complete disappearance of pain versus 4% in placebo
Comment – sounds great and may manage on once daily use. I think that this sort of case needs to be followed by an ophthalmologist in case corneal erosions occur.
Any comments?
Can Lidocaine eye drops be purchased on line?
No – and its use needs to be followed by an opthalmologist. There was a case many years ago where a doctor just gave some eye local to an friend. The guy continued to use it for months without having the cause checked and ended up suing the doctor…
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