Capsaicin Is Used as a Long-Term Analgesic Because Prolonged Exposure

Multiple Choice

Capsaicin is used as a long-term analgesic because prolonged exposure to it

A) causes death of c-fiber afferents by inward flooding of calcium.
B) causes death of spinal cord dorsal root ganglion cells.
C) causes death of neurons in the somatosensory cortex.
D) blunts the sensitivity of nociceptors.
E) inactivates vanilloid receptors.