The active ingredient in chili peppers, capsaicin, is known for its many medicinal properties. But can it help ease joint pain? Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and overall health from the ...

Researchers have now seen in a study patients with post-shingles pain that capsaicin acts on pain-responsive pain fibers. In the study, participants were treated with the capsaicin patch showed 33 ...

Treatment options are limited for patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a chronic pain disorder caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus. Topical application of capsaicin ...

Nerve pain is distinct ... complication of shingles). There’s also little evidence that capsaicin may benefit people with HIV neuropathy and diabetic neuropathy. Capsaicin cream can cause ...

One patient abandoned the therapy after using capsaicin cream for 5 days due to intense ... there was no significant difference between women who had pain reduction compared with those who did ...

For the cream, gel, and lotion forms ... blistering/swelling at the application site, increased/unusual pain at the application site. This is not a complete list of possible side effects.