Dear Jessicah,

Most dentist use Lidocaine. Immune-mediated inflammatory neurological disorders are characterized by demyelination, axonal damage and the occurrence of soluble anti-excitatory factors in serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A combination of these three pathological changes may be the cause of impaired axonal impulse conduction and neurological symptoms. Evidence of a sodium-channel-blocking factor [i.e. Lidocaine] is based on the investigation of CSF from many patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).

See [url]http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v6/n7/full/nm0700_808.html[/url]

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You should print the article and give it to your [B][U]dentist[/U][/B] and neurologist.

Best regards.

Jethro

Dear Shannon,

Immune-mediated inflammatory neurological disorders are characterized by demyelination, axonal damage and the occurrence of soluble anti-excitatory factors in serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A combination of these three pathological changes may be the cause of impaired axonal impulse conduction and neurological symptoms. Our evidence of a sodium-channel-blocking factor [i.e. Lidocaine] is based on the investigation of CSF from many patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).

See [url]http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v6/n7/full/nm0700_808.html[/url]

You should print the article and give it to your neurologist.

Best regards.

Jethro

Hi Lori,
We are going in the hospital tommorrow, I was wondering if you were able to find out if there is any correlation between Dells deterioration and the lidocaine? Kevin had three in-grown toe nails removed (lidocaine was used to numb) and after reading the article that Sue posted it makes me wonder if he is relapsing because of the lidocaine. Coincidentaly he started relapsing shortly after the toe nail issue! I hope Dell and you and your family are doing better! Keep strong! Sincerely,
Dawn

Suzanne and All,

I should have included this in my first post. It is not only Lidocaine, it is any endogenous pentapeptide acting as a sodium channel blocker. Lidocaine just happens to be the choice of most doctors used for local anesthetics.

Jethro