Local Anaesthetics do not work. I am the only one or is this common?

[Caroljm]

I have now had to receive a local aneasthetic or nerve block and it has not work I still could feel pain with what their are trying to do.

Is this part of the faulty peripheral nervous system we have or is it the Pregabilin I am on?

[Extremelygrumpy]

Hi I had to have a very simple toe op a few years ago it was literally local injection numb the foot have op taxi home.... Ohhh no foot refused to go numb after 4 hours numerous injections foot bleeding from puncture marks I was still totally un numbed they gave me a confident injection , wheeled me into room and started to cut .... Arrrgghhhh it was not numb as. A final desperate measure they injected something else they didn't say what, I have a suspicion it was probably meant for horses... My leg immediately went numb up to the knee and I had the op and was pain free and numb from the knee down for over a week, I thought it was my adrenalin at the thought of being awake for op but now you mention it could it have been the fibro..... Great pain relief though my toe healed while my foot was still numb

VGx

[getactive]

I have had steroid injections in my shoulder, spine, hip,knee and ankle and only the ankle one helped-would not have any other ones again they where a waste of time

[SootyB]

I have given myself local anaesthetic (I'm a podiatrist, so operated on my own ingrowing nails), and, whilst I did have far more pain from the injection sites than I had ever had before fibro, the anaesthetic did work. Local anaesthesia is a funny thing, though - the first problem is that you will always still feel touch and pressure, as the LA only knocks out pain nerves, so we fibromites may still feel the pressure as painful due to our hypersensitivity. Secondly, nerve anatomy is fickle - they're not always where you expect them to be, so you can inject in one spot, and find that the nerve you were attempting to block is still active, so it's really important to test for 'sharp' sensation, and keep topping up with LA until you're sure it's 'numb', or you've reached the maximum safe dosage, and have to reschedule the op! And then there's epidurals, which are a whole different kettle of fish, and can vary dependent on the angle you're laying at!

Sorry I can't give a more definite answer, but I don't know what you've had done, or what they were trying to block, so I can only give a general idea of local anaethesia.

Sara xx

[Akasha72]

You've got me thinking now ...

about 18 months ago I had the 'last resort' procedure at the hospital for my knackered sacro-illiat joint. I had to be CT scanned and a very large, long needle incerted into the joint and injected with steriod and anaesthetic. They told me I'd not feel anything as they'd numb the area. I felt the numbing solution go in - oh god does that stuff STING!! The Dr then immediately starting pushing the needle in for the steriod injection. He went in near my coxyx and up from there to the sacro-illiat joint (top of the pelvis for those that don't know). I was hyper-ventilating in pain.

He then set the CT scan off to see if he was in the right spot so I had to lay there with this needle in my back. It then then turned out it wasn't in the right place so the whole process had to be repeated and I felt every centimeter of that needle. He got it right on the 2nd go thankfully.

By this time I was jibbering in screaming agony and do you know ... the nurse that was present never once offered comfort or held my hand - oh no. All she did do was make some sarcastic remark about me making a fuss.

After reading this I'm now certain I wasn't numb at all and went through all that with no pain relief. And the damn injection didn't work either!!

Still I'll bear it in mind if I ever need another aneasthetic

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Hi i have had prev probs too since being diagnosed etc, first came to light on a visit to the dentist!

normal anaesthetic caused a reaction with the meds, because of the adrenalin in it, so i now have to have a non adrenalin type injection, but that results in a larger dose to create the numbness etc. so this has been noted now for me.

tk care x

[Ozzygirl64]

I have not had to have an op where you are awake. But I can only have one type of drug at the dentist as the one they favour triggers and immediate migraine. So I have to have Novocaine now xxxxx