Fibromyalgia sufferers get pain relief from IV lidocaine

Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

Patients with fibromyalgia resistant to more routine therapies have a new pain relief treatment available. Intravenous (IV) lidocaine infusion provided significant pain relief to fibromyalgia patients, although the pain relief was much less for African-Americans and smokers.

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