Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bonte-Mineur, Femke
• Verzijl, Annette
• Huygen, Frank
• van Laar, Jan

Titel

Applying salve in complex regional pain syndrome

Ist Teil von

• BMJ case reports, 2009, Vol.2009 (may21 1), p.bcr0820080812-bcr0820080812

Ort / Verlag

England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

EZB*

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Free radical scavengers, such as topical dimethylsulfoxide or N-acetylcysteine, might inhibit the excessive inflammatory response induced by toxic oxygen radicals, and are shown to be effective. 1 Capsaicin salve is used to release and deplete substance P from sensory nerve fibres. 2 Short course systemic corticosteroids can improve symptoms in >75% of patients with refractory CRPS-1. 3 However, adequate treatment of this complex syndrome might require a multidisciplinary approach.