Re: Reporting on topical antiinflammatories

December 11, 2006

Have you tried the Blue Stuff, EMU cream. It works for

me. My daughter uses it faithfully.

Marie

--- Penny Houle <pennyhoule@...> wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> I've been really disappointed that I can't benefit

> from aspirin or aspirin related products (like

> ibuprofen, advil, naproxene, etc.) because it causes

> me tremendous stomach pain. So I've always wished I

> could find an effective NSAID that wouldn't trash my

> gut (other than Benicar) that would have the same

> anti-inflammatory, plus blood thinning properties.

>

> So I've been having some severe hip and leg

> problems recently, and it occurred to me that even

> if it was a desperate measure, it couldn't really

> hurt to try one of the topical aspirin type

> products.

>

> So my husband picked up both an Aspercreme type

> product and a Capsaicin product.

>

> I was surprised that the aspercreme seemed to

> help, so I did some research and it turns out

> there's at least one German study that shows that

> applied topically, it may be much more effective

> than previously believed. Although concentrations

> are higher in the blood stream when taken orally,

> studies in dogs showed that applying the aspirin

> creme directly to the dogs' joints resulted in much

> higher concentrations of aspirin in the joints and

> ligaments than when taken orally. That's probably be

> a good thing, right?

>

> Anyway, surprisingly, it really seems to be

> helping me. And the instructions advise not to use

> more than 3 times a day, so that would also indicate

> there's evidence it's getting into your system.

>

> As for the capsaicin, I can't really say. I used

> it once, didn't notice anything, but in researching

> it on the net, I learned that it basically deadens

> the nerve endings (the pepper overstimulates them to

> the point of blocking out the pain signal). I didn't

> find anything about antiinflammatory properties, so

> I'm going to stick with the aspercreme for now. I

> don't know whether I'll get the blood thinning

> properties, but I like the fact that I'm bypassing

> my gut, and that it's still very effective in

> relieving pain.

>

> Something others might want to consider, who can't

> take aspirin type products.

>

> penny

>

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