Conditions: Pain
Keywords: lidocaine allodynia chronic regional pain syndrome pain
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 10
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to study if lidocaine, given intravenously, reduces pain.

Detailed description:
Clinicians use lidocaine intravenously in a fashion that suggests that it might have analgesic effects. Therefore, we test the hypothesis that lidocaine reduces pain intensity in response to experimental pain.

Arms:
arm 1: Intravenous lidocaine for neuropathic pain

Interventions: intervention 1: lidocaine
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: intravenous, effect site concentration: 2mcg/ml, 15-20 min infusion, once

Protocol document: