Topical application of capsaicin, an agent used to treat chronic pain syndromes, has been shown to improve PHN-related pain. Backonja et al. have demonstrated that one 60-minute application of a ...

Objective: To assess the efficacy of topical capsaicin in the treatment of vulvar vestibulitis syndrome. Study Design: Thirty-three consecutive women referred for vulvar vestibulitis syndrome were ...

Pain treatment involves usage of common analgesics or painkillers to reduce and treat body pain. Whenever, these analgesics are applied directly to the skin they are known as topical pain relief ...

Ever since, however, capsaicin has been cited as a possible ... of satisfactory results is similar to those reported for most topical treatments of VVS, including Friedrich's report.

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The Phase III trial AV001 aims to evaluate QUTENZA® in post- surgical neuropathic pain (PSNP), a debilitating complication of surgery occurring after ...

Capsaicin, the chemical compound that gives spicy foods that heat, is a topical painkiller. Ingesting it can provide a minor metabolism boost. There may be cancer fighting effects as well ...