Question for the people who have taken capsaicin cream long term: did the tolerance ever settle, or is that just the price of admission?
Reference ranges shift between labs, so comparing results across two different labs is close to meaningless.
My doctor wants to separate tolerance from a genuine change in the underlying problem, which sounds sensible until you try to describe the difference in a ten minute appointment.
The rebound is worse than the original problem for about a fortnight and then it eases.
Posting partly so that the next person searching finds an answer sooner.
Same here.
Not on capsaicin cream but the pattern is familiar.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Function over score.
Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?
Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule.
Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.
Same here.
Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.
Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.
Same here.
Not on capsaicin cream but the pattern is familiar.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.
Access to mugs should be on the clinical questionnaire.
Print the page.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.