Two patients with herpes zoster-associated pain in the subacute phase successfully treated with intravenous lidocaine

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  • リドカイン点滴静注が奏功した亜急性期の帯状疱疹関連痛の2症例

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<p>We report two patients with herpes zoster-associated pain (ZAP) in the subacute phase that responded to intravenous drip infusion of lidocaine. Patient 1 was a 70-year-old man who presented with herpes zoster on the right Th4 region. He was not responding to pregabalin 150 mg/day for electric shock-like pain and sleep disturbance, then he visited our hospital a month after the onset. He presented with a VAS of 80 mm and allodynia. Because he was on antithrombotic therapy for cerebral infarction, nerve block could not be performed. Patient 2 was a 69-year-old man with left Th5 herpes zoster. He presented with a VAS of 70 mm and allodynia. Allodynia disappeared immediately after intercostal nerve block and intravenous lidocaine infusion of 100 mg. Lidocaine infusion is a simple and effective adjunctive therapy for ZAP with allodynia in the sub-acute phase when nerve block cannot be performed, such as during antithrombotic therapy.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390290537434320512
  • NII Article ID
    130008134366
  • DOI
    10.11321/jjspc.21-0056
  • ISSN
    18841791
    13404903
  • Text Lang
    ja
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    • JaLC
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