lidoderm
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Trade name, from lidocaine and Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).
Noun
[edit]lidoderm
- (pharmacology) A transdermal patch of lidocaine, used to help reduce pain or itching.
- 2011, Maggy G. Riad, “Local Anesthetics: Lidocaine transdermal”, in Raymond S. Sinatra, Jonathan S. Jahr, J. Michael Watkins-Pitchford, editors, The Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 290:
- Conditions that result in increased lidocaine absorption and hence increase its blood concentrations include:
• Application of a lidoderm patch for longer than 12 hours/day
• Application of more than three patches at a time