peripheral pain in the news

Hi all,

Found some interesting news on rss feed today . . .Current clinical trials initiation of topical perscription cream for effective, long term relief of peripheral nerve pain.

Here:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=67595

And Here:
http://www.epicept.com/Product_Pipeline/Pain/EpiCept_NP/

It appeared “promising”, so I did a quick search, and found that some doctors prescribe a compounded gel/cream. PubMed has a review of the efficacy and safety of such a compound here:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16202956&dopt=Abstract

Additional discussion of ketamine here:

http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?p=1188982&highlight=ketamine#post1188982

best wishes to all
cd