This report is for all products sharing this active ingredient. For more details, please use our Workbench for research on individual brands like Lidocaine.
The quarterly trend chart illustrates changing levels of adverse events over time. Results from both the FDA Adverse Event Database (FAERS) and adverse events extracted from social media by Druginformer are plotted side-by-side for easy comparison.
The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.
The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
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Overall Alarm |
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* DrugInformer calculates alarm using a proprietary algorithm. Alarm should not be taken as an ofiicial signal from the FDA or other regulatory entity.
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on March 9, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: None noticeable Have been experiencing tingling, numbness, burning, sharp pain for 1 1/2 yrs. Pain meds did not work enough to make them worth taking and my stomach doesn't do...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Erythema, Burning sensation, Blister
Posted By Ray in fdb.rxlist.com on March 6, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“This medication caused blisters and burning redness in the area and caused more problems than solutions..”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By LilLma in fdb.rxlist.com on January 1, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“The lidocaine patches have woked so well for me. I have Costochondritis, arthritis in my lower back, hands and wrists, as well as tendonitis. For years doctors kept giving me pain killers and muscle ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on December 1, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“otally takes away the naging pain frrom bowel”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Bone fragmentation
Posted By mbishoplaw in fdb.rxlist.com on November 21, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“YOU MUST READ FIRST After being in a very serous accident, where I broke my left leg, ankle and foot, 47 bone fragments, they could not even do surgery right away. My Pain Management Doctor gave me t...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Blister, Drug ineffective
Posted By MimiJeanne in fdb.rxlist.com on October 6, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“The nurse injected a spot on me to get a biopsy, and it caused a huge painful red blister beside the bandaid they put on the biopsy. Being on the weekend before I noticed it, I sent to Urgent Care and...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Self injurious behaviour
Posted By Caesar71 in fdb.rxlist.com on August 19, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“I have been using Lidoderm 5% for about a week for treatment of yellow jacket stings. At first I didn't think the patch had much effect (I was cutting them into quarters to cover the three sting site...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By BeLamb in fdb.rxlist.com on July 18, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“I have a Dercum.s disease, a rare disorder that can cause extreme, widespread pain. I use the patches wherever there is pain, such as, upper back, lower back, thighs and currently biceps. I almost alw...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on July 9, 2014 @ 12:00 am
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Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Burning sensation
Posted By lidoderm72nz4h in fdb.rxlist.com on June 28, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“i left the patch on for22 hours vs ordered 12 hours. what to do to stop "burning".”
* Warning: The facts and figures contained in these reports are accurate to the best of our capability; however, our metrics are only meant to augment your medical knowledge, and should never be used as the sole basis for selecting a new medication. As with any medical decision, be sure to work with your doctor to ensure the best choices are made for your condition.
* About FAERS: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is used by FDA for activities such as looking for new safety concerns that might be related to a marketed product, evaluating a manufacturer's compliance to reporting regulations and responding to outside requests for information. Reporting of adverse events is a voluntary process, and not every report is sent to FDA and entered into FAERS. The FAERS database may contain duplicate reports, the report quality is variable, and many factors may influence reporting (e.g., media attention, length of time a drug is marketed, market share). For these reasons, FAERS case reports cannot be used to calculate incidence or estimates of risk for a particular product or compare risks between products.
User Voices
The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Lidocaine
Erythema
“may cause redness or swelling
soothes pain, easy to apply, cut patch into smaller pieces, no odor, covered by insurance pros>
Lidoderm Patch helps soothe my nerve pain
Lidoderm
(Li ...”
Source: Lidoderm-Lidocaine-Patch-5-review-d8f73
View full report on Lidocaine related erythema
Did the author experience erythema while taking lidoderm?
What is this?Swelling
“may cause redness or swelling
soothes pain, easy to apply, cut patch into smaller pieces, no odor, covered by insurance pros>
Lidoderm Patch helps soothe my nerve pain
Lidoderm
(Li ...”
Source: Lidoderm-Lidocaine-Patch-5-review-d8f73
View full report on Lidocaine related swelling
Did the author experience swelling while taking lidoderm?
What is this?Hyperaesthesia
“This worked for short periods but was rather irritating to my skin as I have very sensitive skin . I am not sure if anyone else had side effects of this nature but I also felt vertigo? when using it.”
Source: Lidoderm
View full report on Lidocaine related hyperaesthesia
Did the author experience hyperaesthesia while taking lidoderm?
What is this?