Use of EMLA cream in the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia

J Clin Anesth. 1996 Feb;8(1):54-7. doi: 10.1016/0952-8180(95)00176-x.

Abstract

EMLA cream is an acronym for eutectic mixture of local anesthetics. It contains lidocaine and prilocaine creams. A eutectic preparation, applied topically, penetrates into the dermis after an application period of 1 to 2 hours. This case report describes the successful treatment with EMLA cream of post-herpetic neuralgia, which was resistant to other modes of therapy, and briefly discusses the pharmacology of EMLA cream.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Topical
  • Aged
  • Anesthetics, Local / administration & dosage
  • Anesthetics, Local / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Female
  • Herpesviridae Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Lidocaine / administration & dosage
  • Lidocaine / therapeutic use*
  • Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination
  • Methemoglobinemia / blood
  • Neuralgia / drug therapy*
  • Neuralgia / etiology
  • Pain Measurement
  • Prilocaine / administration & dosage
  • Prilocaine / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Drug Combinations
  • Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination
  • Prilocaine
  • Lidocaine