Capsaicin for painful diabetic neuropathy

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Capsaicin, its clinical significance in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy
Phiwayinkosi V.DludlaabBongani B.NkambulecIleniaCirillidFabioMarcheggianidSihle E.MabhidaaKhanyisaniZiqubueYonelaNtamoaBabalwaJackaTawanda M.NyambuyafSidneyHansergSithandiwe E.Mazibuko-Mbejee
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy; Volume 153, September 2022, 113439

Diabetic neuropathy is a risk factor for developing complications such as autonomic cardiovascular disease, osteoarthropathy, foot ulcers, and infections, which may be the direct cause of death. Even worse, patients plagued by this condition display painful neuropathic symptoms that are usually severe and frequently lead to depression, anxiety, and sleep disarrays, eventually leading to a poor quality of life. There is a general interest in evaluating the therapeutic properties of topical capsaicin cream as an effective agent for pain relief in these patients. As such, the current review makes use of major search engines like PubMed and Google Scholar, to bring an updated analysis of clinical studies reporting on the therapeutic effects of capsaicin in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy. In fact, most of the summarized literature indicates that topical capsaicin (0.075 %) cream, when applied to the painful areas for approximately 8 weeks, can reduce pain, which may lead to clinical improvements in walking, working, and sleeping in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy. The current review also discusses essential information on capsaicin, including its source, bioavailability profile, as well as treatment doses and duration, to highlight its therapeutic potential.
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Capsaicin, its clinical significance in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy
Phiwayinkosi V Dludla et al
Biomed Pharmacother. 2022 Sep;153:113439

Diabetic neuropathy is a risk factor for developing complications such as autonomic cardiovascular disease, osteoarthropathy, foot ulcers, and infections, which may be the direct cause of death. Even worse, patients plagued by this condition display painful neuropathic symptoms that are usually severe and frequently lead to depression, anxiety, and sleep disarrays, eventually leading to a poor quality of life. There is a general interest in evaluating the therapeutic properties of topical capsaicin cream as an effective agent for pain relief in these patients. As such, the current review makes use of major search engines like PubMed and Google Scholar, to bring an updated analysis of clinical studies reporting on the therapeutic effects of capsaicin in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy. In fact, most of the summarized literature indicates that topical capsaicin (0.075 %) cream, when applied to the painful areas for approximately 8 weeks, can reduce pain, which may lead to clinical improvements in walking, working, and sleeping in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy. The current review also discusses essential information on capsaicin, including its source, bioavailability profile, as well as treatment doses and duration, to highlight its therapeutic potential.
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NewsBot · Nov 21, 2022

Reversing painful and non-painful diabetic neuropathy with the capsaicin 8% patch: Clinical evidence for pain relief and restoration of function via nerve fiber regeneration
Praveen Anand et al
Front Neurol. 2022 Oct 26

Introduction: Current oral treatments for pain in diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) do not affect the progression of DPN i.e., "disease modification." We assessed whether Capsaicin 8% patch treatment can provide pain relief and also restore nerve density and function via nerve regeneration, in both painful (PDPN) and non-painful (NPDPN) diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Methods: 50 participants with PDPN were randomized to receive Capsaicin 8% patch Qutenza with Standard of Care (SOC) (PDPN Q+SOC group), or SOC alone (PDPN SOC group). Pain symptoms were assessed with a diary (Numerical Pain Rating Scale, NRPS) and questionnaires. Investigations included quantitative sensory testing (QST) and distal calf skin biopsies, at baseline and 3 months after baseline visit; subsequent options were 3-monthly visits over 1 year. 25 participants with NPDPN had tests at baseline, and 3 months after all received Capsaicin 8% patch treatment.

Results: At 3 months after baseline, PDPN Q+SOC group had reduction in NPRS score (p = 0.0001), but not PDPN SOC group. Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) showed significant reductions in scores for overall and other pain descriptors only in the PDPN Q+SOC group. Warm perception thresholds were significantly improved only in the PDPN Q+SOC group (p = 0.02), and correlated with reduction in SF-MPQ overall pain score (p = 0.04). NPDPN Q+SOC group did not report pain during the entire study. Density of intra-epidermal nerve fibers (IENF) with PGP9.5 was increased at 3 months in PDPN Q+SOC (p = 0.0002) and NPDPN Q+SOC (p = 0.002) groups, but not in the PDPN SOC group. Increased sub-epidermal nerve fibers (SENF) were observed with GAP43 (marker of regenerating nerve fibers) only in PDPN Q+SOC (p = 0.003) and NPDPN Q+SOC (p = 0.0005) groups. Pain relief in the PDPN Q+SOC group was correlated with the increased PGP9.5 IENF (p = 0.0008) and GAP43 (p = 0.004), whereas those with lack of pain relief showed no such increase; in some subjects pain relief and increased nerve fibers persisted over months. PGP9.5 IENF increase correlated with axon-reflex vasodilatation in a NPDPN Q+SOC subset (p = 0.006).

Conclusions: Capsaicin 8% patch can provide pain relief via nerve regeneration and restoration of function in DPN (disease modification). It may thereby potentially prevent diabetic foot complications, including ulcers.
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