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Is it possible to be resistant to the "caine" pain medications. i can not get the doctors to believe that these don't work on me?

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Dr. Roman Bronfenbrener answered

Interesting: I have never heard of anyone being totally resistant to these medications, although I have heard of patients having different responses to different analogs (i.e. Lidocaine working less than mupivicaine). How many times have you been injected with them and for what purpuse?

Answered 6/26/2014

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A member asked:

Is it possible to be resistant to the "caine" pain medications. i can not get the doctors to believe that these don't work on me?

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Dr. Roman Bronfenbrener answered

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