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txbeck CH.com Junior Offline Posts: 60 x1\|Grapevine\|TX\|usa\|286\|252\|T Gender:	Lidocaine nose drops/nasal spray Feb 24^th, 2010 at 12:39am Does anyone have a brand name for Lidocaine nose drops or nasal spray? My internist couldn't find one and was not familiar with such a product. I'm 4 months into a particularly bad cycle and am ready to dig my left eye out just before I jump off a cliff. Thanks. Becky
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Re: Lidocaine nose drops/nasal spray
Reply #1 - Feb 24^th, 2010 at 1:06am

Hi Becky,

The old eye dig out before cliff jump readiness routine. Well I imagine a lot of us know that feeling, but compared to you and some others I'm a lucky one so far - the length of my episodes has maxed out at a bit under 3 months.

Really sorry to hear to hear of your predicament. Embarrassed

Hey that lidocaine action isn't known to be all THAT great of a solution. has the high liter flow O2 therapy not worked for you? have you tried that yet?

CH according to Bejeeber:

Strictly relying on doctors for CH treatment is often a prescription that will keep you in a whole lot of PAIN. Doctors are WAY behind in many respects, and they are usually completely unaware of the benefits of high flow 100% O2.

There are lots of effective treatments documented at this site. Take matters into your own hands, learn as much as you can here and at clusterbusters.com, put it into practice, then tell this CH beast Jeebs said hello right before you bash him so hard with a swift uppercut knockout punch that his stupid horns go flinging right off.

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Re: Lidocaine nose drops/nasal spray
Reply #2 - Feb 24^th, 2010 at 2:36am

With Jeebers on this one. I used Lidocaine drops in the mid 1980's. Would ratchet a bad hit down 2-3 notches, to add insult to injury it almost always made me throw up too! Sad

02 on the other hand eliminates the majority of my attacks and I don't barf afterwards! I don't recall if you've tried the 02, but really worth a shot.

Way back when, the Lidocaine didn't have a brand name. It was in a brown, glass bottle, the only label on it was the pharmacy label identifying what it was. My assumption was it came from a big container of Lidocaine.

Whichever route you go, hoping you catch a break soon, hurting sucks. Cry

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Reply #3 - Feb 24^th, 2010 at 3:23am

Here is some information from the Mayo Clinic online:

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Lidocaine (Topical Route)
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US Brand Names
Anestacon
Burnamycin
Burn-O-Jel
Lida Mantle
Lidoderm
LMX 4
LMX 5
Senatec
Solarcaine Cool Aloe
Topicaine
Xylocaine

Good luck, it never was a "magic bullet"for me.

Ray

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Bob P CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Shut up Bob! Posts: 4573 Clio,California Gender:	Re: Lidocaine nose drops/nasal spray Reply #4 - Feb 24^th, 2010 at 7:18am There is no brand name. A Pharmacy has to mix it up for you. The Doc just has to tell them what percentage lidocaine to put in. Also didn't do much for me when I tried it.
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Reply #5 - Feb 24^th, 2010 at 7:14pm

In evaluation reports Lidocaine come in about #4 in effectiveness. Suggest you try other abortives before trying it.

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Michigan Headache & Neurological Institute for another list of treatments and other articles:

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Re: Lidocaine nose drops/nasal spray
Reply #6 - Feb 26^th, 2010 at 2:11am

Thanks, guys! I'm checking with the pharmacist, which should have been my fist stop if I'd been able to think clearly in the first place. I'm so glad you folks are still here!

Yes, I have O2, am on Topamax and melatonin, Soma, etc. Most of the time I am managing to keep the devil at bay most of the day, but there are those times...

I used to get Hurricaine liquid and mix my own. Yeah, the first second or two is no fun, but it's all relative.

Becky

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Re: Lidocaine nose drops/nasal spray
Reply #7 - Mar 4^th, 2010 at 4:47am

Lidocain 4% did not work for me, but Lidocain 10% does work. It was prepared by the pharmacy.

Perhaps it works better to use lidocaine as nose drops, not as spray.

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