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A 32-year-old female asked:
Is it safe to rub aspercreme w/ lidocaine cream or voltaren gel onto your neck for pain? or would it irritate your throat?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
Dr. Cyma Khalilyanswered
Psychiatry 37 years experience
THINK IT IS OK: What part of the neck the back or the front? I do not think that it should hurt your throat. The cream obviously does get absorbed but I do not think not bothers the throat especially if applied to the back of the neck.
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Dr. David Mannanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 32 years experience
External cream: It should not irritate the throat.
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Last updated Nov 17, 2020
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