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  • Cutaneous drug delivery of capsaicin after in vitro administration of the 8% capsaicin dermal patch system.

Cutaneous drug delivery of capsaicin after in vitro administration of the 8% capsaicin dermal patch system.

Skin pharmacology and physiology (2014-10-04)
Johannes Wohlrab, Reinhard H H Neubert, Marie-Luise Heskamp, Julia Michael
ABSTRACT

Epicutaneous application of capsaicin causes a long-lasting analgesic effect by binding to the membrane transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) on mechanoheat-sensitive C and Aδ fibres, changing axonal integrity and inhibiting neurogenic inflammatory processes. To date, no information is available regarding the cutaneous drug delivery of capsaicin following patch application. Using a Franz diffusion cell, the cutaneous concentration-time profiles 30, 60 and 90 min after application of a patch containing 8% capsaicin (640 µg/cm(2)) on ex vivo thin (mamma) and thick (plantar) human skin were investigated at 32 °C, and additionally at 42 °C for thin skin and 10 °C for thick skin. An HPLC-MS method was used for the analytic detection of capsaicin. The results show that already after a 30-min application of the 8% capsaicin patch, an equilibrium reservoir can be found in the stratum corneum in both thick and thin skin. Under physiological temperature conditions, a sufficient bioavailability of capsaicin in the cutaneous target compartments can be found. Raising the temperature to 42 °C has no relevant impact on the concentration-time profile, while reducing the temperature to 10°C leads to a significantly lower bioavailability. After 30 min of application, a sufficient cutaneous bioavailability of capsaicin is reached in thick as well as thin skin. Whether shorter application times may suffice to achieve therapeutic effectiveness requires further investigation.

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