I tried a cream recently, active ingrediant Benzocaine, and there was a warning on the packet not to use it for more than a week or over large areas of the body. Not that I'm tempted to do so, since alhough it seemed to give some relief for an hour or so, then pain got worse for the rest of the day. Though I'm not saying that the cream was definitely the cause of either; as all with NeP know, cause and effect is to say the least, problematic.

Distraction techniques and minimising exercise are my only real defences - I've tried pretty well all the standard drugs.