Our goals for this study involve using intravenous lidocaine as it is normally used in the
Stanford Pain Management Center to assess the effect of intravenous lidocaine on chronic
pain. Studies have been done determining the efficacy of intravenous lidocaine for treating
pain but little research has been done to determine the effects of an intravenous lidocaine
infusion on the different components of the pain experience. Our study will incorporate pain
quality measures both before and during the infusions of lidocaine to determine changes in
present pain intensity.