Eligibility Details:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subject's age is greater than or equal to 18 years old
- Subject is able to speak English
- Subject has chief complaint of musculoskeletal pain lasting less than or equal to 7
days
- Subject's area of greatest pain isolated to one body part
- Subject does not have prior Emergency Department visits recorded on electronic medical
records for the chief complaint
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject's age is less than 18 years old
- Subject is pregnant or breastfeeding patients
- Subject cannot speak English
- Subject has multiple traumatic injuries or injury requiring consultation with the
trauma service per study facility's guidelines
- Subject has cellulitis or infection overlying the injuries
- Subject has open wound overlying the injuries
- Subject's chief complaint is caused by penetrating injury
- Subject has absolute contraindications to study medications, including anaphylaxis to
lidocaine or nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, history of active GI bleeding or
recent coronary artery bypass graft surgery precluding nonsteroidal antiinflammatory
medications, severe hepatic disease (hepatitis, cirrhosis in current chart or prior
history or elevation in liver function tests to clinically significant levels in past
6 months), severe kidney disease (Creatinine clearance less than 30 milliliters or
history of chronic kidney disease stage 3 or worse), congestive heart failure.
- Subject has medication contraindications such as concurrent use of medications listed:
Alcuronium, Amphotericin B, Amprenavir, Atracurium, Cimetidine, Edrophonium,
Enflurane, Fosphenytoin, Halothane, Nadolol, Oxprenolol, Pentazocine, Propafenone
- Subject is on class I antiarrhythmics therapy (including lidocaine, procainamide,
disopyramide etc)
- Subject has injuries requiring splint/casting where patient may not be able to reach
the area of greatest pain to apply and reapply the patch
- Subject has prior history of chronic pain in the affected area (defined as greater
than or equal to 6 weeks of pain)
- Subject has received opioid medication in triage area or within 4 hours of initial
treatment
- Subject is unable to give pain scores due to mental status
- Subject's initial numerical pain scale score of 0 (which would constitute "no pain" on
the scale)
- Subject requires opiate medication or muscle relaxants (Flexeril, Valium, Tizanidine,
Robaxin etc) during the initial visit to Emergency department at the discretion of the
provider.
- Subjects who received less than 800 miligram oral dosage of ibuprofen in triage