摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide compositions and methods for relieving pain at a specific site, for example, associated with inflammation of joints, tendons, nerves, muscle, and other soft tissues, and nerve injury and neuropathies, as well as pain from tumors of soft tissues or bone.SOLUTION: The invention relates to a composition containing an injectable, implantable, or infiltratable capsaicinoid for the method to relieve pain. The invention also relates to a method for use of from about 1 μg to about 5,000 μg of capsaicin or capsaicinoid when injected or infiltrated into a discrete site in a human or animal; and of from about 1 μg to about 15,000 μg of capsaicin or capsaicinoid when infiltrated into a surgical site or open wound.SELECTED DRAWING: None |