4.6.3 Neuropathic pain
Lidocaine Plasters are NOT recommended for routine prescribing due to low clinical effectiveness and lack of robust evidence as per NHS England and NICE Guidelines
Lidocaine Plasters should only be initiated on the advice or recommendation of a pain specialist for the licensed indication of post-herpetic neuralgia for those patients who have been treated in line with NICE [CG173] but are still experiencing neuropathic pain associated with previous herpes zoster infection.
An individual management plan should be put in place for each patient specifying the duration of treatment, clear directions for reviews to take place and criteria outlining when prescribing should be continued or stopped
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| Pack |
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| 45 gram |
| Pack |
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| 45 gram |
| Pack |
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| 1 patch |
(Neuropathic Pain)
| Pack |
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| 28 tablet |
| 500 tablet |
| 56 tablet |
| 84 tablet |
| Pack |
|---|
| 100 tablet |
| 28 tablet |
| 500 tablet |
| 56 tablet |
| 84 tablet |
| Pack |
|---|
| 100 tablet |
| 28 tablet |
| 56 tablet |
| Pack |
|---|
| 1 ml |
| Pack |
|---|
| 30 tablet |
| 50 tablet |
| 56 tablet |
| 60 tablet |
| Pack |
|---|
| 30 tablet |
| 50 tablet |
| 56 tablet |
| 60 tablet |
| Pack |
|---|
| 100 capsule |
| 50 capsule |
| 90 capsule |
| Pack |
|---|
| 100 capsule |
| 40 capsule |
| 50 capsule |
| 90 capsule |
| Pack |
|---|
| 100 capsule |
| 30 capsule |
| 50 capsule |
| 90 capsule |
| Pack |
|---|
| 10 plaster |
| 30 plaster |
| Pack |
|---|
| 30 plaster (6 x 5 plasters) |
| Pack |
|---|
| 21 capsule |
| 56 capsule |
| 84 capsule |
| Pack |
|---|
| 100 capsule |
| 14 capsule |
| 250 capsule |
| 56 capsule |
| Pack |
|---|
| 21 capsule |
| 56 capsule |
| 84 capsule |
| Pack |
|---|
| 473 ml |
| 500 ml |
| Pack |
|---|
| 56 capsule |
| Pack |
|---|
| 100 capsule |
| 14 capsule |
| 56 capsule |
| 84 capsule |
| Pack |
|---|
| 56 capsule |
| Pack |
|---|
| 21 capsule |
| 56 capsule |
| 84 capsule |
| Pack |
|---|
| 100 capsule |
| 14 capsule |
| 250 capsule |
| 56 capsule |
- First Line Choice
- On Formulary
- Specialist Initiation Only
- Hospital Only
- KMPT Initiation Only