Posted by denise mckew ® , Mar 12,2002,11:22 | Archive |
Would you believe it's snowing in Maine this morning? All winter long we have had temps way above normal. March comes and we're now below normal? Go figure.
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Re: Itching around eyes and stuff
Denise, tell us about your Lidocaine patches. I'm not familiar with them. Are these for your eyes?
Re : Itching around eyes and stuff --- denise mckew Posted by Shirley-Arkansas-USA ® , Mar 12,2002,20:26 Top of Thread Archive The volunteer work with the preschoolers sounds like a good idea. Do you have any churches with "mother's Day Out" programs? They would have babies to preschool age in most of these programs.
I'm sorry that you are having to make such tough decisions. It can't be easy for you. Hang in there.
Shirley who wishes that she lived somewhere where it actually did snow.
Re: Lidocaine patches
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It's actually called Lidoderm. It's the sme idea as the stop smoking patches. The lidocaine is in a sticky gel form which is absorbed through the skin and dulls the nerves. It helps with my nueralgia pain. I get it from my pain specialist in Boston. The patches themselves are about 5x7 sqaures. I cut them into to strips of about 2x3 and wear them just over my eyebrow, along my cheek bone and along my jaw. I wear them to bed. I wouldn't say it takes all the pain away, however it's dulled enough so that I can sleep. And we all know how important a good night's sleep is.
Re : Re: Itching around eyes and stuff --- Shirley-Arkansas-USA Posted by denise mckew ® , Mar 13,2002,13:47 Top of Thread Archive Denise
Re: Lidocaine patches
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Thanks Denise, I wasn't sure where you were using them and what they helped with. I am familiar with Lidocaine and how it works. It might be something of interest and help for some others on the bb that have similar symptoms with intense pain in certain areas of their face.
Re : Re: Lidocaine patches --- denise mckew Posted by Shirley-Arkansas-USA ® , Mar 13,2002,14:05 Top of Thread Archive Any side-effects or downsides to the patches that you know of?
Shirley in Arkansas
Re: Lidocaine patches
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Are Lidoderm patches the same as Scopolomine patches? I remember reading in `Patients' Stories' that people had tried those for beb. I gave Scopolomine patches a try a few years ago when I went on a cruise for the first time. I didn't get nauseated, but did feel queesy a couple of times (I'm not a good traveller), but I had the worse horse mouth you could imagine, and couldn't enjoy all that wonderful food on board.
Re : Re: Lidocaine patches --- Shirley-Arkansas-USA Posted by June in Toronto ® (June Floyd,June in Toronto), Mar 13,2002,16:16 Top of Thread Archive June in Toronto (beb/meige)
Re: Lidocaine patches
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No, they are totally different things. The Scopolamine patch is actually for nausea and vomiting and has anticholinergic properties. The Scopolamine, having anticholinergic properties would be in the same "mix" of drugs that we use for BEB as Artane, Parsitan and Benadryl to name a few.
Re : Re: Lidocaine patches --- June in Toronto Posted by Shirley-Arkansas-USA ® , Mar 13,2002,17:57 Top of Thread Archive
The Lidoderm patches would have an analgesic or numbing effect to the area where they were placed.Shirley in AR. BEB/Apraxia
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Thanks for clearing that up Shirley - I knew you'd know!
Re : Re: Lidocaine patches --- Shirley-Arkansas-USA Posted by June in Toronto ® (June Floyd,June in Toronto), Mar 14,2002,02:35 Top of Thread Archive June in Toronto (beb/meige)
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