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LIDODERM® (lidocaine patch 5%) is used to relieve the pain of post-herpetic neuralgia, also referred to as after-shingles pain.

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that requires drugs that reduce inflammation which may in turn lead to pain relief. If the damage to cartilage has become so great that the bones are in direct contact strong analgesics or joint replacement may be the only options. However I doubt very strongely that Lidoderm would do anything for any form of Arthritis or its pain.

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