Advancing Nursing Practice: Management of Neuropathic Pain With Capsaicin 8% Without Physician Supervision.

CONCLUSION: Single-dose capsaicin 8% decreased neuropathic pain after being administered in an outpatient setting by an experienced registered advanced nurse practitioner. Further multicenter research led by advanced nurse practitioners is needed to support high-quality, safe treatment of neuropathic pain with high-concentration capsaicin in nurse-led chronic pain clinics. PMID: 28383334 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28383334?dopt=Abstract

Source: Pain Physician - April 7, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: O'Brien J, Keaveny J, Pollard V, Nugent LE Tags: Clin Nurse Spec Source Type: research