DMSO...instant inflammation CURE-ALL ....hidden wonderdrug???

I believe in the past few months there was a good thread about DMSO (try to find it) -- it's not that simple as you might think -- and it is very legal in equine medicine and thus obtainable if you are really interested. From what I've gathered, it can produce quite a bit of skin-related side effects plus the famous nasty bad breath. Additionally, the effectiveness of the DMSO compound is also related to the actual anti-inflammatory agent added to it. While by itself DMSO is an effective medicine, its power increases dramatically when it acts as an agent for transmitting powerful drugs (10% prescription cortisone, for example) directly to the injury site.

DMSO is not a wonder drug. It is wonderful, as far as masking the pain, but that's all it does. It cures nothing. It hides the pain of the injury so you can keep on going. The problem is that, when using it, you're setting yourself up for some serious problems later on.

DMSO is used primarily by people who train race horses. Other than not really healing the injury, just masking it, you also get unbelievably bad breath and a tremendous stinch from the pours of your skin.

If you have an Olympic race or something of extreme importance and you're injured but need to compete DMSO will enable you to do so, but if you're injured with no Olympic Golds on the line the negative ramifications from using the drug far outweigh any postives you will get.

Just the opinion of someone who as a competetive bodybuilder and powerlifter in the past used the product.

Do you think there are any harmful effects from DMSO by putting it on your pee pee???

I thought DMSO had been approved by the FDA. It's very easy to get. I've seen it in herbal shops around. As, a past and current user of DMSO, it works! I think it does more than mask the injury. Every time I have used it I did not feel the pain in that area ever again. With the exception of one area. I had some severe tendonitis, and it would come back every 6 moths or so, but that happens to everyone when you're running 80 miles a week. Other than the mentioned minor side effects there's no proof that it cause any negative effects. If yoyu want to rid your body of the smell just drink milk. That helps. As for the breath...eat some mints. Not much you can do about that. It does sometimes irritate the skin when applied. There are books out abvout DMSO with true accounts of how fast DMSO works. DMSO is a derivitive of wood, so it's pretty natural. Even though it can be used as a paint thinner. Hope that helped a bit. It's worked for me!

You never know...maybe it will make you grow some balls too! Just kidding! DMSO is good stuff!

See the thread: Anybody know anything about DMSO, 9/27/2002

Several good responses.

Yeah, that stuff works wonders and www.dmso.org gives some great info on it. Be judicious in use, it can transmit toxins as well through the skin.

I would have to agree with WHOCARES. I used it years ago. You have to make sure that your skin is clean on the application site as it absorbs through the skin directly into the tissue and blood vessels. Therefore, what ever is on your skin (lotion, dirt, icy-hot, vaseline, etc.) will be absorbed into your system. Also, if you choose to use it, carefully examine the label to see how pure it is. There are several purity levels of the product. I have seen some as low as 92% pure. What the other 8% was is anybody's guess. And as RunfortheSON stated, it does mask pain. Given that fact, you should have an injury diagnosed to make sure that you are not doing damage. When I used DMSO (in High School in the early 80's) our school trainer told me that the pain in my leg was probably just muscle strain from early season high mileage. When pain did not decrease I searched for something to treat it and came across DMSO. After a few weeks, the DMSO did not mask the pain any longer and I went to an Orthopod who diagnosed a stress fracture. Since I had been running on it for a couple of months the fracture had begun to chip, so I had some "splinters" from the stress fracture. Because of that an injury that should have healed in four to six weeks took four months to heal. Yes, very bad breath, awful taste in your mouth, and it reacted funky to my deoderant and I had these bright pink stains in the arm pits of my shirts. Proceed with caution.

Chris Strait wrote:

DMSO is a derivitive of wood, so it's pretty natural. Even though it can be used as a paint thinner. Hope that helped a bit. It's worked for me!

---"natural" is the most overused, irrelevant term around. Methanol (wood alcohol) is produced from wood too and will kill you pretty quickly.

We used DMSO in the biochemistry laboratory. It is an effective solvent that goes through the skin quickly, carrying with it anything else that happens to be around. This can be very NOT GOOD. It is also toxic at fairly low concentrations. That skin irritation is actually the cells being killed off. I use this stuff daily and would not recommend putting it on your skin. It has many other toxic side-effects.

A lot of other countries use stuff we don't because they care less about toxic side effects.

how much does this stuff cost?

It doesn't cost too much. It just depends on the quantity you get. One suggestion is to dilute it a bit. I'm not telling anyone to use it or not, but all I can say is that I've used it from time to time over the past 10 years, and I haven't noticed any side effects. I mean maybe this hole in my skin near my ankle is from DMSO, but I doubt it. Seriously, it worked for me, but I'm no scientist or anything. I heard it helped, so I used it. It worked, and that all I need to know.

Is it a banned substance by the NCAA does anyone know?