Do not put the medicine on wounds or irritated skin. Apply a small amount of medicine and use your fingers to rub it in well so very little or no medicine is left on the skin. Wash your hands with soap and water after applying the medicine to avoid getting it into your eyes or on other sensitive areas of the body.

Active Ingredients: Capsaicin (0.1%). Inactive Ingredients: Benzyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Isopropyl Myristate, PEG-40 Stearate, Petrolatum, Sorbitol, Water.

This medication is used to treat minor aches and pains of the muscles/joints (such as arthritis, backache, sprains). Capsaicin works by decreasing a certain natural substance in your body (substance P) that helps pass pain signals to the brain.

Clean and dry affected area. Remove patch from film. Apply to affected area not more than 3 to 4 times daily. use one patch for up to 8 hours.

Capsaicin's anti-inflammatory qualities are believed to be responsible for its heart-health benefits. For example, one 3-month study found that capsaicin significantly reduced the risk factors of heart disease in adults who had low HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) levels.

What is it? Capsaicin is taken from chilli peppers. It works mainly by reducing Substance P, a pain transmitter in your nerves. Results from RCTs assessing its role in treating osteoarthritis suggest that it can be effective in reducing pain and tenderness in affected joints, and it has no major safety problems.

How does capsaicin cream work? Capsaicin cream is prepared from an extract of chilli peppers and works by being absorbed through the skin into the painful area and desensitising the nerve endings that send pain messages to the brain.

The treatment typically involves the application of a topical anesthetic until the area is numb. Then, the capsaicin is applied by a therapist wearing rubber gloves and a face mask. The capsaicin remains on the skin until the patient starts to feel the "heat," at which point it is promptly removed.

Capsicum is commonly used for nerve pain and other painful conditions. It is also used for many other purposes, including digestion problems, conditions of the heart and blood vessels, and many others, but there is no good scientific evidence for many of these uses.

Capsaicin is associated with numerous health benefits including anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, anti-obesity agent, and antioxidant properties.

Capsicum is an herbal supplement used for treatment of post-herpetic pain (shingles), circulatory problems (peripheral), clotting disorders, diarrhea, digestion problems, fibromyalgia (topical), heart disease (prevention), neuralgias (topical), neuropathies (topical), pain syndromes (topical), prurigo nodularis, ...

Apply a pea sized amount of cream to the painful area three or four times a day. Gently rub the cream in until there is none left on the surface of your skin. There should be a gap of at least 4 hours between applications. Wash your hands carefully straight after applying the cream.