Herr R D, Ampel L, Natonson R
J Emerg Med. 1985;3(5):341-4. doi: 10.1016/0736-4679(85)90317-8.
We studied 41 consecutive patients receiving intravenous (IV) diazepam in the preoperative holding area to evaluate whether low-dose IV lidocaine could ameliorate pain of the diazepam injection. In a double-blind trial we found 1 cc of 1% lidocaine effective versus placebo at lowering the incidence of pain from 80% to 5% (P less than .001) and recommend its routine use as an antecedent to IV diazepam.
