What is Easter Island? Easter Island is a name given by Dutch seafarer Jacob Roggeveen in 1722 to the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui. It is a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, known for it's huge moai statues. The island is often called to be the most remote place in the world.
Use of lidocaine patch 5% for chronic low back pain: a report of four cases. Hines R(1), Keaney D, Moskowitz MH, Prakken S. (1)Bay Area Pain Medical Associates, Mill Valley, California 94941, USA. OBJECTIVE: To describe the use of the lidocaine patch 5% (Lidoderm), a targeted peripheral analgesic, in treatment of patients with chronic low back pain.
1 Lidocaine is mostly used to numb pain. 2  It is in a class of medicines called local anaesthetics. 3  In general this drug is used to relieve pain from minor ailments. 4  It is applied externally to the painful area. 5  Also, it may be injected as a local anaesthetic in small operations and procedures.ell your doctor immediately if you develop any of the following symptoms after a spinal injection of lidocaine: 1  pain or numbness in the back or lower legs, trouble walking, difficulty controlling your bladder or bowels, light-headedness, faintness, or slow heart rate or pulse.