# CAPSAICIN Creams or Patches **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 9, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/capsaicin-creams-or-patches/4140 "2019-08-09T17:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![anon16865673](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@anon16865673](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/anon16865673)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/capsaicin-creams-or-patches/4140/2 "2019-08-09T21:20:05Z")
Please see my previous post, I have seen great results with the regular pharmacy high potency cream and applying it everyday. [Serotonin (5-HT), TRPV1, and Thermal Hyperalgesia - #14 by Machel](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/serotonin-5-ht-trpv1-and-thermal-hyperalgesia/3865/14) See the end of this thread as well: > [@My EM improvement in photos with a timeline and medications that helped me](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/my-em-improvement-in-photos-with-a-timeline-and-medications-that-helped-me/3977/18): > > This is how I obtained mexiletine as well. After a countless doctors and Mayo Clinic, I found a doctor at Northwestern who treats EM and sees it pretty regularly and the first thing she wanted to try was mexiletine. I saw my greatest improvement about 1-2 months later so that may speak for itself. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/capsaicin-creams-or-patches/4140)._