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Date: November 06, 2016 08:10AM
If you have not yet discovered the gold mine of scientific medical information that is Google Scholar, I recommend it. In a few seconds I found information like this:
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http://www.bmj.com/content/328/7446/991?variant=full-text"Although topically applied capsaicin has moderate to poor efficacy in the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal or neuropathic pain, it may be useful as an adjunct or sole therapy for a small number of patients who are unresponsive to, or intolerant of, other treatments."
(It often works for some types of pain, but usually not strongly.)
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http://www.ispor.org/research_pdfs/51/pdffiles/PSY4.pdf" Localised treatment with the capsaicin 8% patch has similar efficacy, but offers the potential for tolerability benefits compared to NICE-recommended oral agents in patients with PDPN."
You will need your critical thinking and reading comprehension skills working in full force when you skim resources like these, however. That second link is to a study about diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and a treatment that is modestly effective for one type of pain may not help at all with another type.