8% Capsaicin Patch as Analgesia for Severe Treprostinil Infusion Site Pain.

Pain Med

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Mary Parkes Center for Asthma, Allergy, and Pulmonary Care, Rochester, New York, USA.

Published: December 2017

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