I had Lidocaine injections in my neck and shoulders when I first came down with Fibro. It was through the Pain Care Clinic. It really worked. I am going back to them in June. The doctors around here do not know enough about Fibromyalgia. We are better off at the Pain Care Clinics. Hope this helps you. Terry

I agree. Most drs are just gonna try every perscription available to try you on. Unfortunately I have only found narcotic pain relievers to be effective enough to help relieve pain to just be able to resume some kind of normal.

It's meant to numb nerves very easy to have done just a drip in arm,very worth a try

Hi andria yes I've had infusion the first time I had it was like a miracle I woke up the next day noticing a difference in my hands for the first time they felt loose and light, at first I never realised why when I got up to have wash i realised I wasn't stiff it came to me ,it worked, I wanted to cry .felt great lasted about a year .it kinda appeared over night after that backache and then the rest after that .asked to be referred back to pain clinic, waited months to be seen, when I finally went in to have it I couldn't wait ,was so upset when I woke up in pain and knew it never worked, will definitely be having it again so worth it when it does work , if it was painful to do ,I wouldn't want to go through it again, but I was shocked to find it was just a drip in the arm lay down relax until drips finished, that's it, over go home good luck hun x

Since my previous comment , I've had several Xylocaine treatments. On a couple of occasions, I've walked out of the office with No pain in my back. However. After a week or so, the pain gradually returns. The injections are allowed 1x per month. When my pain.specialist has done them, they work. When my.GP does them, sometimes they do and other times they don't. Unfortunately, my pain specialist is 6 hours away. Now my GP wants to give me cortisone injections. He suggests that they aren't as bad for your bones as they used to be. Or as painful. When I had them previously, they gave me an injection of freezing that hurt like the devil and then the cortisone injection which still hurt a fair amount. Has anyone had them both that could comment on the comparitive effectiveness.