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Capsicum Oleoresin

  • Prescription medicine
  • Prescription only
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Capsicum Oleoresin does in the body

Minor aches and pains of muscles and joints associated

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as mixture.

    FDA substance registry · UW86K581WY · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

No plain explanation of what this changes is stored. The page opens with what it is taken for instead, and the recorded explanation follows below.

Shown as the opening line on this page.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 24 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Biomarker

A biomarker is a number from a test that stands in for something about health.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A biomarker is like a fuel gauge.

Where that stops being true. A gauge is wired to the tank. Many biomarkers are only loosely tied to health.

What people get wrong. A better number is read as a better life. Several medicines improved a number and helped nobody.

A measurable indicator used as a substitute for a clinical outcome of interest.

Stand-in result

A stand-in result is a number measured because the real result takes too long.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like judging a journey by the speedometer rather than by arriving.

Where that stops being true. Speed does predict arrival. Many stand-in results do not predict the real one.

What people get wrong. A stand-in result is often reported as the result itself.

A surrogate endpoint substituted for a clinical endpoint, valid only where the substitution has been shown to hold.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What was measured, goal by goal

One row for each goal a registered study measured something for. One column for each kind of thing that could be measured.

Registered studies list 40 outcome measures that RNAWiki could read. A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. 0 of the matched studies tested this substance, and 0 posted a result.

There is no single score. A strong test result and a weak life result are different facts.

Goals down the side, kinds of measurement across the top. Each cell says what kind of thing was registered, not what was found.
GoalLife outcomeWhat a body can doHow a person feelsA test resultA step in the bodyHarmsHow longWho was studied
PainNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Waiting for a reviewer11 registered symptom measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
MoodNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
EnergyNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
StrengthNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Waiting for a reviewer1 registered performance measure of this kind.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
EnduranceNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Waiting for a reviewer1 registered performance measure of this kind.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Pain
frequency of mouth pain; duration of mouth pain; severity of mouth pain; pain report during labor; pain relief from pain reduction using visual analog scale; pain on a visual analogue scale; average pain nprs scores; pain intensity rating
Mood
time to onset of 1mm st segment depression; maximal st depression
Energy
energy substrate use
Strength
iopi will be used to measure lingual strength and endurance
Endurance
iopi will be used to measure lingual strength and endurance

Sorted by fixed word lists, version v1. A name the rules do not recognise stays unsorted rather than moving to the nearest column.

What each mark on this table means
Nothing in the sources checked
No registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.
Waiting for a reviewer
11 registered symptom measure.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

Risk of developing constipation

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05610813
How many people
384
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Topical

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Blood Pressure

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00637858
How many people
130
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Topical

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Psychological Mood State (e.g. stress)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05508529
How many people
120
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Topical

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Participant perception of the improvement in skin health and appearance from Baseline to Week 12 using the questionnaire responses from FACE-Q™

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04248699
How many people
72
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Topical

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Percent change from baseline in scalp sebum content measured by Sebumeter

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT07559617
How many people
66
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Topical

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Capsaicin cough sensitivity

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04125563
How many people
60
Study design
Phase 2
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Topical

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event No evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.No registered study measures this.
  2. What a body can do day to day Evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.1 registered measure of this kind.
  3. Measured performance Evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.1 registered measure of this kind.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life Evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.12 registered measures of this kind.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.2 registered measures of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals No evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.No animal record is stored.
  8. Cells in a dish No evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.No cell or bench record is stored.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

  • frequency of mouth pain
  • duration of mouth pain
  • severity of mouth pain
  • pain report during labor
  • pain relief from pain reduction using visual analog scale
  • pain on a visual analogue scale
  • average pain nprs scores
  • total symptom
  • pain intensity rating
  • cold pain threshold

and 2 more.

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

  • iopi will be used to measure lingual strength and endurance
  • plasma calcitonin gene related peptide levels
  • inflammatory cytokines profile

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (25)
  • amplitude of the vasomotor response to stimuli
  • hyperalgesia
  • visual analogue scale
  • neuro immunological effect
  • time to onset of 1mm st segment depression
  • time to onset of angina or angina equivalent symptoms
  • maximal st depression
  • maximal estimated workload
  • severity of angina was measured
  • time to retreatment
  • lung volume initiation
  • negative mucosa potentials
  • maximum expiratory pressure
  • neuroimaging changes of salty gustatory cortices
  • performance
  • energy substrate use
  • rate of responders
  • peak expiratory flow rate
  • visual analogue scale for major nasal symptoms
  • activation of the nucleus of the solitary tract

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • For the temporary relief of minor aches and pains of muscles and joints associated with: ■ simple backache ■ arthritis ■ strains ■ bruises, and sprains. ■ Provides warming pain relief.

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Prescription only

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Topical

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

No register row and no identity class settled the question.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as patch, cream, gel, oil, given by the topical route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Topical

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 13 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 9 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 59088-310 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as cream, gel, oil and patch, taken topical.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 59088-310 · read 2026-08-29

  • 13 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 9 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · cd3b1256-2df8-dc26-e053-2a95a90ad049 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human otc drug.

    US prescribing information · cd3b1256-2df8-dc26-e053-2a95a90ad049 · read 2026-08-29

  • 230 marketed supplement labels list this ingredient, classed as botanical and other combinations.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 22319 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels carry all other, nutrient and structure/function claims. A claim of that kind is written by the manufacturer and is not assessed by any regulator, so its presence says nothing about whether it is true.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 22319 · read 2026-08-29

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.

RNAWiki could not confidently classify this substance, so no self-experiment plan is offered.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Capsicum Oleoresin studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki records evidence. It does not say whether this substance is right for you.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How fast does the body clear it?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. Without this, nothing on this page can say how long anything lasts.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Capsicum Oleoresin are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
UW86K581WY
RxNorm concept
141868

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries the origin: Written into the record, not signed off.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Not passed

    Safety mode resolved

    No register row and no identity class settled the question.

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.

What the approval register records

  • The earliest marketing start date recorded for a listed product is 20100414.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 59088-310 · read 2026-08-29

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What to learn next

Ordered by what would most change how you read this page, starting with what is easiest to misunderstand.

This order is fixed in code and does not count clicks or time on the page.

What is not here

6 questions this page could not answer

These sections were prepared and left out because there was nothing to put in them. They are listed rather than hidden, so the gaps in this record are visible.

  • The path through the body — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How long anything takes — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What it may clash with — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Other ways to the same goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Claims that go past the evidence — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What changed on this page — found nothing in the sources checked.

The record as stored

The full record, for auditing

Everything above is built from what is below. This layer keeps the technical vocabulary, record identifiers and every stored row, so a reader who wants to check the page can.

Recorded evidence blocks (10)

What did Capsicum Oleoresin's largest trial (854 people) and its longest (13 years) measure?


854 people in Capsicum Oleoresin's largest registered study, 13 years in its longest registered window, measuring Primary outcome: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of topical application of capsaicin oral gel (using to different concentrations) to relieve the burning sensation in patients with BMS and… ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

19 na, 17 phase2, 12 phase1, 11 na or unstated, 11 phase4, 9 phase3, 7 early phase1; NCT00001307; 2005-08. Last human test completed 2024, NCT05649228.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Capsicum Oleoresin was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

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  • na
    19
  • phase2
    17
  • phase1
    12
  • na or unstated
    11
  • phase4
    11
  • phase3
    9
2 more recorded rows
  • early phase1
    7
  • Last recorded human test NCT05649228
    2024-01-11

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Capsicum Oleoresin was tested only in human — what did it show?


human: biomarker (79): the rungs where Capsicum Oleoresin has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Primary outcome: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of topical application of capsaicin oral gel (using to different concentrations) to relieve the burning… — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse Rat Dog Non-human primate Human biomarker
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  • human NCT00875537
    biomarker; Primary outcome: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of topical application of capsaicin oral gel (using to different concentrations) to relieve the burning sensation in patients with BMS and alleviate BMS related symptoms.; 79

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

9 of Capsicum Oleoresin's trials stopped: funding/business, other?


funding/business (1) and other (8): Capsicum Oleoresin's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"the manufacturing of preservative free ketorolac (Acular-PF) was discontinued"; 9 of 79 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT00693160
    terminated; "the manufacturing of preservative free ketorolac (Acular-PF) was discontinued"
  • NCT00697034
    terminated; "Lack of qualified and willing volunteers."
  • NCT00771511
    withdrawn; "Study never started"
  • NCT00795106
    withdrawn; "Difficulty finding a monitor"
  • NCT01231750
    terminated; "Unable to identify study population to achieve number expected"
  • NCT02138630
    withdrawn; "Project abandoned"
3 further recorded trials
  • NCT02139852
    withdrawn; "Project abandoned"
  • NCT03330639
    withdrawn; "Grant funding for study was not obtained."
  • NCT03883880
    terminated; "COVID (completed first intervention type only)"

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Human studies of Capsicum Oleoresin used Topical capsaicin, 0.1%, Capzasin HP — over how long?


Human studies of Capsicum Oleoresin used "Topical capsaicin, 0.1%, Capzasin HP". ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

11 recorded entries; human; oral, patch; also "Capsaicin oral gel 0.025%", "Capsaicin oral gel 0.01%", "capsaicin cream 0.1%, generic"

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human

  • NCT00655811
    Topical capsaicin, 0.1%, Capzasin HP
  • NCT00875537
    oral; Capsaicin oral gel 0.025%
  • NCT00875537
    oral; Capsaicin oral gel 0.01%
  • NCT01231750
    capsaicin cream 0.1%, generic
  • NCT01260454
    Qutenza (8% capsaicin)
  • NCT01883102
    Capsaicin 0.1%
5 more recorded rows
  • human NCT02403687
    Capsaicin, USP 0.0375%
  • human NCT03223350
    Capsaicin 0.1% Cream
  • human NCT05649228
    Capsaicin Palmitate 0.25% Cream
  • human NCT05983263
    patch; Capsaicin 8% patch
  • human NCT06612658
    A novel, proprietary encapsulated form of Capsicum extract in beadlet form standardized to 2% capsaicinoids

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Could one person measure Capsicum Oleoresin's effect on frequency of mouth pain?


Frequency of mouth pain: measured in Capsicum Oleoresin's trials.

Interpretation frequency of mouth pain is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • frequency of mouth pain; 2026-09-01
  • duration of mouth pain; 2026-09-01
  • severity of mouth pain; 2026-09-01
  • amplitude of the vasomotor response to stimuli; 2026-09-01
  • hyperalgesia; 2026-09-01
  • pain report during labor; 2026-09-01
14 more recorded rows
  • biomarkers
    visual analogue scale; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    pain relief from pain reduction using visual analog scale; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    neuro immunological effect; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    time to onset of 1mm st segment depression; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    time to onset of angina or angina equivalent symptoms; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    maximal st depression; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    maximal estimated workload; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    severity of angina was measured; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    pain on a visual analogue scale; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    average pain nprs scores; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    time to retreatment; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    lung volume initiation; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    negative mucosa potentials; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    maximum expiratory pressure; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    36
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    0; NCT00771511; PHASE4; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; WITHDRAWN

Which of activation of the nucleus of the solitary tract, amplitude of the vasomotor response to stimuli and average pain nprs scores did Capsicum Oleoresin's trials measure?


activation of the nucleus of the solitary tract, amplitude of the vasomotor response to stimuli and average pain nprs scores lead 40 outcome terms across Capsicum Oleoresin's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Interpretation amplitude of the vasomotor response to stimuli, hyperalgesia, pain report during labor, visual analogue scale, pain relief from pain reduction using visual analog scale and neuro immunological effect follow.

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  • frequency of mouth pain
    1
  • duration of mouth pain
    1
  • severity of mouth pain
    1
  • amplitude of the vasomotor response to stimuli
    1
  • hyperalgesia
    1
  • pain report during labor
    1
14 more recorded rows
  • visual analogue scale
    1
  • pain relief from pain reduction using visual analog scale
    1
  • neuro immunological effect
    1
  • time to onset of 1mm st segment depression
    1
  • time to onset of angina or angina equivalent symptoms
    1
  • maximal st depression
    1
  • maximal estimated workload
    1
  • severity of angina was measured
    1
  • pain on a visual analogue scale
    1
  • average pain nprs scores
    1
  • time to retreatment
    1
  • lung volume initiation
    1
  • negative mucosa potentials
    1
  • maximum expiratory pressure
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of Capsicum Oleoresin's 6 ongoing trials reports first?


6 registered trials of Capsicum Oleoresin are open; earliest completion 2025-05-30. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Activation of trigeminoautonomic reflex as assessed by change in Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) levels from before stimulation to after stimulation.; The primary objective is to demonstrate that capsaicin 179 mg patch once compared to duloxetine daily, improves painful CIPN after a 5-week treatment period.; latest 2028-05-31

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Trial

  • NCT03511846
    "Pain Biomarker Study"; n 371; "Activation of trigeminoautonomic reflex as assessed by change in Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) levels from before stimulation to after stimulation."; 2028-05-31
  • NCT05840562
    "Capsaicin 179 mg Patch Versus Oral Duloxetine in Patients With Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy"; n 274; "The primary objective is to demonstrate that capsaicin 179 mg patch once compared to duloxetine daily, improves painful CIPN after a 5-week treatment period."; 2028-03
  • NCT05983263
    "Analgesic Efficacy of Capsaicin 8% Patch (QUTENZA®) in Coccygodygnia"; n 106; "Responder rate"; 2027-06-08
  • NCT06444594
    "Transient Receptor Potential Channels"; n 45; "Skin blood flow during slow local heating"; 2027-12-31
  • NCT06612658
    "Acute Effect of Capsimax on Resistance Exercise Performance, Muscle Oxygenation, Nitric Oxide Release, Resting Energy Expenditure and Reaction Time"; n 40; "Resistance exercise performance"; 2025-05-30
  • NCT07237022
    "The Role of TRP Channels in DPN"; n 20; "Dermal Blood Flow response (PU)"; 2026-08-31

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which 38 trials of Capsicum Oleoresin posted no result?


Posted no result
38 of 38 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00176969, NCT00008476, NCT00001307, NCT00088686, NCT00003610 and NCT00004316, and 32 more
Completion dates
oldest 2000-06; newest 2024-01-11
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Trial

  • NCT00176969
    2000-06
  • NCT00008476
    2004-01
  • NCT00001307
    2005-08
  • NCT00088686
    2005-10
  • NCT00003610
    2006-07
  • NCT00004316
    2007-08
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT00583180
    2008-01
  • NCT00152724
    2008-11
  • NCT00875537
    2010-06
  • NCT01223820
    2011-09
  • NCT00993070
    2011-12
  • NCT01667523
    2011-12
  • NCT02695745
    2012-01
  • NCT01595620
    2012-04-19
  • NCT01883102
    2013-06
  • NCT01713426
    2013-09-26
  • NCT01974037
    2013-12
  • NCT02882555
    2013-12
  • NCT01737294
    2014-08
  • NCT01862523
    2014-12

At the median, Capsicum Oleoresin's trials enrolled 37 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
37
Largest enrolment
854
Registered trials counted
79

Capsicum Oleoresin and cytochrome P450: shared by which compounds?


cytochrome P450 appear in Capsicum Oleoresin's recorded interaction sentences, 1 in all. openfda-label+europepmc · 2026-07-07

Interpretation drug_interactions

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  • cytochrome P450 drug_interactions
    Data from in vitro cytochrome P450 inhibition and induction studies show that capsaicin does not inhibit or induce liver cytochrome P450 enzymes at concentrations which far exceed those measured in blood samples.

recorded 2026-07-07 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL2108237
CAS number
8023-77-6
RxCUI
235787
Also called
Capsaicin oleoresin, Capsicum annuum oleoresin, Capsicum annuum resin, Capsicum capsicum resin, Capsicum longum resin, Capsicum oleoresin bpc 1973, Cayenne pepper resin, Chili oleoresin, Oleoresin capsicum, Oleoresins of capsicum, CAPSICUM OLEORESIN [FHFI], CAPSICUM OLEORESIN [II]
Development code
FEMA NO. 2234
Trade name
Sheffield Arthritis and Muscle Pain Relief, Penetral Roll-On, Circatrix, Circata
Salt form
Capsaicin 0.05% Cream, Capsaicin 0.025% Cream, Dermacinrx Penetral Cream, CAPSAICIN, Capsaicin 0.1% Cream, CAPSAICIN 0.025%, CAPSAICIN 0.05%, CAPSAICIN 0.1%, Sheffield Arthritis and Muscle Pain Relief / Penetral Roll-On / Capsaicin 0.05% Cream / Circatrix / Capsaicin 0.025% Cream / Dermacinrx Penetral Cream
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Sources

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