18 Question

Clinical Situation:
You have a patient who just watched a documentary about the use of capsaicin to treat peripheral neuropathy. Although she just watched the documentary, she knows it was produced years ago. She wants to know whether results of clinical trials continue to support this treatment and whether she should give it a try.

• Open a Word document and type a list of the important concepts in this question. (Some students find this easier if they are asked, instead, to list the words they might type into a quick Google search.)

Does your list include the following two concepts?

capsaicin
peripheral neuropathy

• If not, add these concepts to your list.