There is a substantial difference in strength between 8% and 0.04%: it's a 200 to 1 ratio...
Between 8% and the 0.025% Salonpas patches, the ratio is even greater at 320 to 1...
I just covered one foot - top and bottom - with the 0.025% Capsaicin Hot Salonpas patch and the other one with the Salonpas Gel patch, a much more substantial looking patch made with 0.025% Capsaicin and 1.25% Menthol: I plan to keep them on for 8 hours, baring any painful reaction...
Having recently used 0.075% Zostrix cream for as long, it should be fine: however, the area is now covered, which tends to amplify the effects...
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Originally Posted by mrsD
The control patch difference with the 8% patch is not that terribly much different.
The Orphan status of the product allows for less restrictions by the FDA and typically an easier approval. Only time will tell.
Maybe someone else will come out with a different % and different application directions, which would be OTC and just as effective. We'll have to wait and see.
Let us know how it goes with the Salonpas with Capsaicin.
Sometimes the regular one will make the skin red for a while, so if you get that side effect you won't know if it is the Capsaicin or the stickem from the patch.
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