Effectiveness and safety of topical capsaicin cream in the treatment of chronic soft tissue pain

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1877-1885

  Chrubasik, S ^a,b   Weiser, T ^c   Beime, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^d Diapharm Oldenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

capsaicin; chronic pain; clinical trial; low back pain; placebo; soft tissue pain

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; FINALGON; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMETRY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAPSICUM;

EID: 78649638756     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3335     Document Type: Article

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