• Anesthesia and analgesia · Aug 2000

    Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

    The superiority of water-diluted 0.25% to neat 1% lidocaine for trigger-point injections in myofascial pain syndrome: a prospective, randomized, double-blinded trial.

    • H Iwama and Y Akama.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Central Aizu General Hospital, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan.
    • Anesth. Analg. 2000 Aug 1;91(2):408-9.

    AbstractTrigger-point injection with a mixture of commercially available 1% lidocaine in sterile distilled water at a ratio of 1:3 compared with 1% lidocaine alone resulted in better efficacy and less injection pain. This simple procedure may be suitable for treatments of a wide range of myofascial pain syndromes.

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