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2022 Jul 07


Pain Med

Capsaicin 8% Patch for Spinal Cord Injury Focal Neuropathic Pain, a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Authors

Olusanya A, Yearsley A, Brown N, Braun S, Hayes C, Rose E, Connolly B, Dicks M, Beal C, Helmonds B, Peace W, Kirkman B, Nguyen C, Erickson J, Nguyen G, Lukose E, Koek W, Nagpal AS, Trbovich M
Pain Med. 2022 Jul 07.
PMID: 35799365.

Abstract

Neuropathic pain (NP) after spinal cord injury (SCI) exacerbates disability, decreases quality of life (QOL) and is often refractory to available therapies. Patients report willingness to trade potential recovery of strength, bowel, bladder, or sexual function for pain relief. One proposed mechanism causing NP is up-regulation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV 1) proteins in uninjured C fibers and dorsal root ganglia causing neuronal excitability. Recent studies have found up-regulation of TRPV 1 proteins after SCI.