Search citation statements
Paper Sections
Citation Types
Year Published
Publication Types
Relationship
Authors
Journals
SUMMARY The capsaicin 8% patch is licensed in Europe for the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain in nondiabetic adults. In controlled trials it provided pain relief for up to 3 months with a single 30- or 60-min application. In this article, a group of pain specialists from Germany and the UK share their considerable experience of real-world use of the capsaicin 8% patch. This experience comes from treating >200 patients with a variety of neuropathic pain etiologies including postherpetic neuralgia, peripheral neuropathy and cancer-related neuropathy. These patients, a slight majority of whom were female, had experienced neuropathic pain for varied lengths of time (3 months to >15 years) and the majority were receiving concomitant medications for their pain at the time of capsaicin 8% patch treatment. Observations by the group suggest that patients with positive symptoms might respond best to therapy. To optimize response to treatment, the group reports that it is important to achieve good adhesion of the patch to the skin. The experience of the group is that the capsaicin 8% patch is a tolerable treatment and local anesthetic pretreatment may not always be required. Cooling measures used after treatments were found to be the most practical and beneficial means of relieving any treatment-related discomfort. The group observed that transient, clinically important increases in blood pressure owing to treatment-related discomfort are very rare and they have seen no correlation between treatment-related discomfort or erythema and response to treatment. In the real-life clinical setting, response to capsaicin 8% patch treatment may be higher than observed in the clinical trial program. Response to retreatment also appears to be equal to that of the first treatment, even in patients treated for the fifth time. It was also observed that patients receiving capsaicin 8% patch treatment are often able to reduce their intake of concomitant pain medications. Observations from real-life use of the capsaicin 8% patch will help to maximize its therapeutic potential.
SUMMARY The capsaicin 8% patch is licensed in Europe for the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain in nondiabetic adults. In controlled trials it provided pain relief for up to 3 months with a single 30- or 60-min application. In this article, a group of pain specialists from Germany and the UK share their considerable experience of real-world use of the capsaicin 8% patch. This experience comes from treating >200 patients with a variety of neuropathic pain etiologies including postherpetic neuralgia, peripheral neuropathy and cancer-related neuropathy. These patients, a slight majority of whom were female, had experienced neuropathic pain for varied lengths of time (3 months to >15 years) and the majority were receiving concomitant medications for their pain at the time of capsaicin 8% patch treatment. Observations by the group suggest that patients with positive symptoms might respond best to therapy. To optimize response to treatment, the group reports that it is important to achieve good adhesion of the patch to the skin. The experience of the group is that the capsaicin 8% patch is a tolerable treatment and local anesthetic pretreatment may not always be required. Cooling measures used after treatments were found to be the most practical and beneficial means of relieving any treatment-related discomfort. The group observed that transient, clinically important increases in blood pressure owing to treatment-related discomfort are very rare and they have seen no correlation between treatment-related discomfort or erythema and response to treatment. In the real-life clinical setting, response to capsaicin 8% patch treatment may be higher than observed in the clinical trial program. Response to retreatment also appears to be equal to that of the first treatment, even in patients treated for the fifth time. It was also observed that patients receiving capsaicin 8% patch treatment are often able to reduce their intake of concomitant pain medications. Observations from real-life use of the capsaicin 8% patch will help to maximize its therapeutic potential.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
customersupport@researchsolutions.com
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.