Lidoderm Pain Case Studies

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DOI: 5/4/2010. Patient is a 64-year-old male millwright specialist who sustained injury while pulling belt on to the conveyor when he felt strain to his left shoulder.
Per AME dated 11/06/13, the patient is status post left shoulder arthroscopic surgery with debridement and biceps tendon stump and frayed labrum, modified subacromial decompression with bursectomy and subpectoral biceps tenodesis on 2/14/11. He has not reached MMI at this time.
Based on progress report dated 01/12/15, the patient has neck pain and left shoulder pain and numbness and tingling of the left arm. The patient was advised to continue Motrin 800 mg, amitriptyline 25 mg, and Lidoderm pain patches.
Based on the progress report dated 01/14/16, the patient continues to

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