Posted by Roger (38.36.16.37) on September 19, 2000 at 15:51:38:
I have been going under my real name for a bit...but will be going under my old AOL screen name "Uncontrollable" from now on...just seems more familiar. I thought I would pass this on...I saw that some of you were using heat patches and stuff like that on sensitive areas...well...a couple of months ago, out of desperation...I grabbed a tube of Zostrix (capsaicin...generic name) and applied it to my right temple...the general area where my clusters tend to hang out...being careful to avoid my eye...trust me...you want to AVOID THE EYE! Don't get me wrong..it didn't kill the pain entirely...but...on the scale....it took a 9 to a 6 in about 10 minutes...I have to say...that's improvement..it doesn't work everytime...but I'll give it a healthy 80%