Child cancer case where chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy pain was not helped by usual topicals was helped by 5% doxepin cream
BMJ Case Rep. 2017 May 22;2017. pii: bcr-2017-219900. doi:
10.1136/bcr-2017-219900.
Severe medication-induced peripheral neuropathy treated with topical doxepin
cream in a paediatric patient with leukaemia.
Dworsky ZD et al
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28536226
- childhood leukemia
- failure usual topicals
- dramatic response to 5% topical doxepin
Comment – 5% doxepin cream is marketed by Valeant in Canada as an anti-itch cream. Doxepin capsules are cheap and if you took contents of 20 capsules in 100 mls of some penetrating gel or cream then you could potentially make it yourself…