Intravenous lidocaine for pain management

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Jacyntha Sterling
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Intravenous lidocaine for pain management

1. Does your facility permit intravenous lidocaine for pain management?
2. How is it dosed/provided?
3. What kind of monitoring is required?
4. Does it have any formulary restrictions?

Some prescribers have expressed interest in intravenous lidocaine as an opioid alternative in some emergency department patients and some inpatients. Although this has been evaluated in some clinical trials, this indication is currently not listed as a use in our primary drug information/formulary reference.

Please see also this previous forum topic:
https://www.medsafetyofficer.org/forum/perioperative-intravenous-lidocaine

Thank you.

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