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To: decimon

As it turns out, capsaicin has wide-ranging effects as a drug, a great many of them very beneficial. In fact, it such an effective pain medication, that many equestrian bodies have banned the substance for fear of it being used to mask pain in ailing horses.


8 posted on 06/02/2010 9:03:00 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
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In fact, it such an effective pain medication...

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Interesting, I’d never heard that. Is it taken internally or applied topically for pain relief?


21 posted on 06/02/2010 9:40:42 AM PDT by Hepsabeth
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