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From: Don Howson on 20 Oct 2005 13:49 Could you please tell me if any of you have tried the product O24 to relieve FM pain? If so, what has been your experience? (I found this product at: O24 Link <http://www.024zone.com/fibroshop.html>.) Is this just snake oil? Thanks in advance. .../don
From: DeeDee on 20 Oct 2005 14:19 My view is snake oil. How would a spray or towelette help the deep buring pain? I get real suspicious of things that mention fibromyalgia only....we all know that there is not a cure. I do use something called BioFreeze that helps a little, but I can go back to the place I purchased it if I am not satisfied. You probably would never get your money back on something sold on a website. DD
From: Cripple on 20 Oct 2005 22:19 Have any of you tried DMSO. It was popular in the 60s and 70s. George Wallace said in a news conference after he was shot that it was the only thing that helped his pain. It is an industrial cleaning solvent. I have used it on small joints and it is fabulous. But larger joints it just does nothing but itch like hell. My hand surgeon once documented in my records that he recommended that I use DMSO on my hands and wrist to try to get rid of the pain. (A very long time ago) I was amazed that he actually documented that. "Don Howson" <howson(a)airmail.net> wrote in message news:RMQ5f.8531$Yk6.6597(a)trnddc01... Could you please tell me if any of you have tried the product O24 to relieve FM pain? If so, what has been your experience? (I found this product at: O24 Link.) Is this just snake oil? Thanks in advance. .../don
From: fran on 21 Oct 2005 11:21 You're right, DSMO was very big at one time, In the Boston area there was a very popular radio host Dave Maynard who used it and swore by it, and talked all the time about the improvement in his arthritis. But there is a major problem with it, if there is the slightest contaminant in the solution it will be absorbed into the joints. A lot of people were buying industrial DSMO which was not made under sterile conditions and there were some very sad results. And I understand that it's possible for even DSMO that is made under sterile conditions to become contaminated after opening, so I'd stay away from it. Do you remember a craze a few years back about using WD-40 for joint pain? That craze disappeared pretty quickly.--fran
From: Cripple on 21 Oct 2005 11:33
My doctor gave me surgical scrub soap to wash down the area before applying the DMSO. I have not used it for awhile because, after a minute or two, it itches so bad it drives you insane and it only works on my smaller joints, Joints like the hips and shoulders are too large to absorb before I have to jump into the shower to rinse it off, from the itching. But if you wash the area properly before using you will not absorb containment into the skin with the DMSO. Before my hand surgeon recommended it for me to use, I had inquired with my knee surgeon if he thought it may help. He was not as brave as the hand doctor and all he would say is "I use it on my horse and it works really great on horses." I took that as his recommendation. But only my hand doctor actually put the recommendation into my patient record. Ed "fran" <fmc116(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1129908117.529273.218620(a)z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > You're right, DSMO was very big at one time, In the Boston area there > was a very popular radio host Dave Maynard who used it and swore by it, > and talked all the time about the improvement in his arthritis. But > there is a major problem with it, if there is the slightest > contaminant in the solution it will be absorbed into the joints. A lot > of people were buying industrial DSMO which was not made under sterile > conditions and there were some very sad results. And I understand that > it's possible for even DSMO that is made under sterile conditions to > become contaminated after opening, so I'd stay away from it. Do you > remember a craze a few years back about using WD-40 for joint pain? > That craze disappeared pretty quickly.--fran > |