Treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy with topical capsaicin. Case report
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 42 (3) , 307-311
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(90)91143-7
Abstract
A 31-year-old woman with intractable reflex sympathetic dystrophy experienced nearly complete, though temporary, resolution of pain following 3 weeks of topical capsaicin. We propose that capsaicin may be a useful treatment for reflex sympathetic dystrophy, either by depleting substance P from primary afferent neurons that mediate allodynia, or by modulating sympathetic efferent activity.This publication has 54 references indexed in Scilit:
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