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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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	Dec. 31, 2022	Nov. 10, 2022	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Apr. 02, 2022
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Receivables			$ 3,200		$ 3,200
Transaction costs amount		$ 3,400
Common stock exchange ratio, description						as part of the consideration using the 0.673498:1 ratio of the Company Common Stock to Legacy Scilex Common Stock
Common stock shares reserved for future issuance		16,939,436
Vickers Debt Agreement [Member]
Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Offset against the equity proceeds		$ 9,100
Liability classified private warrants		400
Debt Exchange Agreement [Member]
Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Conversion of stock, amount		$ 290,600
Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
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Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Four Customer [Member]
Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
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Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Three Customers [Member]
Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			88.00%		85.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Four Customer [Member]
Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage						19.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Three Customers [Member]
Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			24.00%		22.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Four Customer [Member]
Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage						24.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Three Customers [Member]
Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			32.00%		32.00%
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Concentration risk, percentage	90.00%
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Concentration risk, percentage	24.00%
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Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
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Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
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Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage				36.00%
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Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
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Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Conversion of stock, amount		$ 5,330,557
Conversion of stock, shares		533,057
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Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Conversion of stock, shares		2,905,710
Preferred Stock [Member] \| Debt Exchange Agreement [Member]
Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Conversion of stock, shares		29,057,097
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Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
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Description of Organization and Business Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Conversion of common stock		25,151,428