Has anyone tried Capsaicin

ritwren
ritwren Member Posts: 928
edited 24. Jul 2009, 06:11 in Living with Arthritis archive
I was reading that it's been researched and is available as a cream for OA and has good results on the knees. I saw my gp today and he agreed to prescribe it for me to give it a go in the hope that it will help. He says it works for some people. Has anyone tried of it or heard of it? There was an article about it in the spring Arthritis magazine.
keep well

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  • ritwren
    ritwren Member Posts: 928
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thanks for your reply Annie, I've put some on this morning. They say it burns more if you don't apply it the full 4 times a day, I'll have to try to remember.
    keep well
  • angel1
    angel1 Bots Posts: 1,464
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Have been hearing quite a lot about this cream. Please let us know what you think of it......Ange.
  • ritwren
    ritwren Member Posts: 928
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Will do no problem, although it says that it could be up to a month or more before folks feel any benifit.
  • c4thyg
    c4thyg Member Posts: 542
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    My mum uses it for flare ups. She has a spinal injury. She says that it can burn a lot if you apply too much but it does work for her pain (different cause though). Just make sure that you wash your hands REALLY well after and don't rub your eyes!!! Capsicin is the hot stuff in chilli peppers so take care.
  • heather1
    heather1 Member Posts: 75
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi

    Yes i have used the cream for my back but unfortunately it didn't help but i think it is worth trying anything new because what doesn't work for one person may well work for another.

    Here's hoping it brings some relief.
  • ritwren
    ritwren Member Posts: 928
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thanks guys, I'll keep going with it and see how I get on. At the moment I'm just using it on my knees, such a small tube.
  • jackieellis
    jackieellis Member Posts: 9
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    ritwren wrote:
    Thanks guys, I'll keep going with it and see how I get on. At the moment I'm just using it on my knees, such a small tube.

    hiya, I started using it nearly 2 weeks ago and i think it's beginning to help, but the burning is the worse thing, it's really intense sometimes. I think the burning gets worse when you are near to the 4 hour thing, which is a bit strange. You only need a tiny amount which when you're putting it on your knees it doesn't seem like much but too much makes the burning worse. I use if 4 times a day and when I'm at work I have to keep my trouser leg pulled up much to everybody's amusement. I think they've decided I'm a member of some secret society!
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,032
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I have great mental image there Jackie!!! :wink:
    Toni x
  • jackieellis
    jackieellis Member Posts: 9
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    frogmorton wrote:
    I have great mental image there Jackie!!! :wink:
    Toni x

    You have to laugh, I do my best!

    Jackie xx
  • ritwren
    ritwren Member Posts: 928
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    To be honest I've not found the burning uncomfortable or anything. Maybe it will get worse? I've used deep heat in the past 'tho and like the feeling that it gives even if it does'nt take away the pain.
  • ritwren
    ritwren Member Posts: 928
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Just a little update r.e. me using the cream. I've had to stop for the moment. It's brought me out in what look like hives, at first I tried to ignore it but they kept on coming and I was getting covered in them, painful and itchy. I stopped the cream a day or so ago and I've not had any since. I'll maybe give it a week or so to completly settle down and try again.

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