Q: For over several decades, I have found capsaicin ointment to be very effective when other remedies for pain are inadequate. It eliminated the discomfort I experienced after vein removal from my ...

Q: I have arthritis in several joints, especially my wrists and fingers. A number of years ago, I began applying a rub that contains capsaicin, the heat from hot peppers. I find it very effective if ...

Patients are being left in agony as a vital pain-relief cream is no longer available in the UK, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Capsaicin cream's only manufacturer has gone bust – leaving sufferers ...