Topic: Interesting article in Newspaper,pain control
stymielymie
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believe it or not we have a weekly paper in Banner Elk,NC town of 4,000.
they had an article that was very interesting./
they have been testing and starting to use in trials capsacin(sterile) in surgical sites that would normal have lots of post op pain.
Capsacin is the chemical in hot peppers that has been isolated,purified and sterilized into a powder. when you burn your tongue on a pepper that's the capsacin.
since it numbs the nerve endings from pain, they place this in the surgical site to kill the pain for several weeks until healing occurs.
this prevent having to use narcotics post op.
they also have this capsacin cream on the market. you rub it on joints, the joints warm up.
i first tried this last year, do not try this at home.
after playing tennis my knee started hurting, instead of the usual ice i put this capsacin cream on. well i put too much on and it burned for 2 days.
SUPER IMPORTANT: IF PUTTING THIS ON, AND IT DOES WORK IN A VERY THIN LAYER, USE GLOVES AND DON'T TOUCH EYES OR ANY MUCOUS MEMBRANES.
i made the mistake of putting on a knee brace on the next day. 2o minutes later i felt like my knee caught fire spontaneously. the knee support did not allow sweat and kept in the heat. i had to go to the lounge and put ice , water and cream on the site. after 3 hours it finally cooled down.
docdave
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Tracy9
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OUCH!!!!!
I discovered Sombra cream and really like it. It can also burn though if you use too much...but usually it's pretty good.
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D Bergy
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You may find it used as a cure for Type 1 diabetes in the future. It worked in mice.
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