Lidocaine

[janland]

Hi.. I've just come across some old posts about lidocaine...gel/cream/ patches.. for rls...or periodic limb movement..

Has anyone here had any good results with this...?

I'm still struggling to get ferritin levels up..and have discontinued bp tablets for awhile to see if that helps...

Does anyone know what Nappaxrin does too..?

Thank you all..

Jan

[Hidden]

Hi Jan.

Lidocaine is a local anaesthetic, (related to cocaine) and is useful for itching or superficial pain if applied to the skin. It reduces sensory impulses going TO the brain.

RLS occurs in motor nerves FROM the brain, spinal chord or peripheral nerves. Lidocaine may not have as much effect on motor nerves and it will only be a local effect anyway.

Naproxen is a Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drug, like ibuprofen. NSAIDs are useful for treating mild inflammation and for pain caused by inflammation.

I've never known either Naproxen or ibuprofen to have any effect on my RLS whatsoever, even if you subscribe to the inflammation theory of RLS .

Long term use of NSAIDs is not a good idea because of side effects and complications, so no use fir RLS overall.

[janland in reply to Hidden]

Hi Manerva...

Thank you for the information re those 2 medications...

I'm off bp tablets now... for 2 weeks... just seeing how its going then chat with doc again next week.... hopefully..

I've been reading lately too about a patch..rotigotine... apparently lowers bp as well...?

Thank you again.. best wishes

Jan

[Hidden in reply to janland]

If you've been reading about rotigotine patches I hope you read that rotigotine is a dopamine agonist and although it's possibly the least risky of the dopamine agonists it's still risky.

If you wish to start taking medication for your RLS, the up to date view is that it's better to try either gabapentin or pregabalin first. This is because they don't have the same risk of complications that the agonists do

Augmentation is a common occurring complication of all the agonists and can be very severe. It requires withdrawing the agonist which is very difficult. Some people never manage to withdraw from one.

Gabapentin/Pregabalin don't have that risk.

You can read a lot of posts in this forum from people who have suffered augmentation as a result of taking a dopamine agonist and the struggle they've had.

It still remains undesirable to start down the medication route, but if you do, whatever you take will cause some problems. More people appear to experience more significant problems with rotigotine, pramipexole or ropinirole than anything else.

[janland in reply to Hidden]

Hi.. thank you again..

I didn't know that it was a dopamine agonist.....

Well..no..I don't want to go down that route at all..

Thank you so much for alerting me..

One of the gabas I might have to have....if I can't get it better with iron or natural ways..

I wonder how long amlodipine takes to wear off... been stopped for about 8-9 days now...

Thank you again.

Jan