Topical Capsaicin: A Review of its Pharmacological Properties and Therapeutic Potential in Post-Herpetic Neuralgia, Diabetic Neuropathy and Osteoarthritis

Drugs & Aging

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 317-328

  Rains, Chris ^a   Bryson, Harriet M ^a  

^a ADIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAPSAICIN; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 0029381594     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199507040-00007     Document Type: Article

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