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dadeger CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 3	capsaicin for cluster headaches Jul 27^th, 2013 at 10:41am Anyone tried this? I googled it and many articles have been written and it seems to have a 70% success rate.
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Potter Ex Member	Re: capsaicin for cluster headaches Reply #1 - Jul 27^th, 2013 at 11:13am Nope it don't work. Potter
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Reply #2 - Jul 27^th, 2013 at 11:33am

There are numerous studies going on regarding Capsaicin's pain killing abilities. As Potter said, in its current form, it's not helping CH at all. I wouldn't be surprised to see some effective treatments come out of it down the road, but it's not there yet.

Do you have an effective treatment regimen for your CH?

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dadeger CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 3	Re: capsaicin for cluster headaches Reply #3 - Jul 27^th, 2013 at 11:59am Figure noting ventured nothing gained. I plan on using habanero hot sauce on a q tip then rubbing it on the inside of the nostril on the effected side. Will advise... Wife said no will go get some cream at drug store and try will advise.
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Reply #4 - Jul 27^th, 2013 at 6:03pm

Give it a go and see. As you say, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

What else are you using for your CHs? Have you got a preventive, like verapamil or lithium, to cut down how many CHs you get? Anything else to abort them, like oxygen or injectible imitrex?

Keep reading and you'll learn a lot plus ask any questions you can think of.

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Reply #5 - Jul 27^th, 2013 at 6:10pm

Hey Dadeger,

Sicking habenaro sauce up your nose isn't going to do much for your cluster headache... but you will wish you hadn't done it...

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Reply #6 - Jul 27^th, 2013 at 6:31pm

G'day Dadeger,
I agree with your wife, putting hot chilli up your nose will
have you sneezing and doing the light fangdangle around
the room Smiley

I found by rubbing extra
strengh heat gel on my temple making sure keeping it
away from your eye, and blocks of ice wrapped in a
cloth applied to the back of your neck can help reduce
the duration of the attack.

Hoppy.

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Reply #7 - Jul 27^th, 2013 at 11:09pm

Dadeger, go to the top of the page and type SinusBuster in the search box. You will find shills appearing on a frequent basis for quite a while, but they are always shot down quickly by those of us who have been around a while. Capsacin does have some usages, but CH is not one of them, at least not yet. Joe is more open minded to it than am I. I know it has been useful for joint pain, etc., of those who have claimed it helped for a cycle have not been so positive on the second go round.

Jerry

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dadeger CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 3	Re: capsaicin for cluster headaches Reply #8 - Jul 28^th, 2013 at 10:09am After a little more research I am sticking with the O2, Imitrex and have added the vitamin regime and the Red Bull to my arsenal against the beast.
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: capsaicin for cluster headaches Reply #9 - Jul 28^th, 2013 at 12:52pm That vitamin regimenhas me at three years plus pain free after well over 30 years of episodic ch. Hoping it does the same for you. joe
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pattik CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 2631 Wisconsin, USA Gender:	Re: capsaicin for cluster headaches Reply #10 - Jul 28^th, 2013 at 1:44pm SinusBuster, which has capsaicin, works great for my other sinus issues. It doesn't do much to subdue CH pain. I tried it once for that, and got only 10 minutes or so of relief. I wouldnt bother if I were you.
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CDog CH.com Veteran Offline Posts: 163 Rockies Gender:	Re: capsaicin for cluster headaches Reply #11 - Jul 30^th, 2013 at 7:35am I have used it off/on for a year. It does work for me about 50-60% of the time. Some times it may only take the edge off, other times it has stopped it...
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