What is topical analgesics?

Local analgesic can come as cream, gel, milk, spray or patch and is applied to the skin to provide temporary relief from the discomfort of muscle pain, arthritis, shingles or minor medical procedures. Most local analgesics work by causing the painful area to flush with blood, block nerve signals and anestrate the painful area or reduce inflammation and pain. The localized effect of topical analgesics causes rapid relief from pain with minimal side effects.

Analgesics can be superficially applied to the skin like creams, gels, lotions, sprays or patch to temporarily relieve pain. The way for these reliefs of pain may be like a rubefacient, anesthetics or blocking prostaglandin production. Rubefense, such as capsaicin, produces relief from pain by opening blood capillaries in a damaged area, flushing the blood area and creating a soothing feeling. Anesthetics such as benzocaine works on blocking the spread of pain alongnerve endings, anesthesia of the area. Local analgesics containing methylicylate methylate or non -steroidal anti -inflammatory drugs such as diclofenac or ibuprofen suppress the pain of blocking enzymes involved in the production of prostaglandins that signal inflammation and cause pain.

The primary use of topical analgesics is to alleviate pain and swelling associated with arthritis and muscle pain and pain caused by sports injuries or physical work. In some cases, these local pain suppression are used to control pain during minor procedures, such as novocaine injections into gums during dental procedure. Local analgesic can also be used to alleviate shingle pain.

One of the benefits of local pain relief is that they can be applied directly to the pain site, so there is a minimum system of pain relief in the body. This localized actionMinimizes the side effects of drugs on local pain relief. In addition, the effect on relief from drug pain in local analgesics works faster than most oral forms, as it is applied directly to the painful area and may not be troubled and transported around the body.

There are several disadvantages of using local pain relief. Pain relief from topical analgesics is usually short -term and often does not last as oral drugs. Because of the ingredients, many of these topical analgesics have a very strong and distinct odor. Also, the topic analgesic cannot be applied to open wounds or ulcers or nearby, otherwise infection may occur and the drug could unintentionally enter the bloodstream.