University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center

Study shows common pain cream could protect heart during attack

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 18th, 2009

New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that a common, over-the-counter pain salve rubbed on the skin during a heart attack could serve as a cardiac-protectant, preventing or reducing damage to the heart while interventions are administered.

These findings are published in the Sept. 14 edition of the journal Circulation.

Keith Jones, PhD, a researcher in the department of pharmacology and cell biophysics, and scientists in his lab have found that applying capsaicin to specific skin locations in mice caused sensory nerves in the skin to trigger signals in the nervous system. These signals activate cellular "pro-survival" pathways in...

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2009-10-18)

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