Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
Method and compositions utilizing capsaicin as an external analgesic
 A method and composition for treating superficial pain syndromes incorporates capsaicin in a therapeutically effective amount into a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and adding to this composition a local anesthetic such as lidocaine or benzocaine. The composition containing the anesthetic is then applied to the site of the pain. A variation on the treatment includes initial treatment with the composition containing the local anesthetic until the patient has become desenstitized to the presence of capsaicin and subsequent treatment with a composition ommitting the local anesthetic. 
Galenpharma, Inc.
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A61K A61K
inventional inventional
Joel E.
Bernstein