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Topical Painkillers + DMSO = Pain Relief
Jean, a longtime patient at my clinic, and her daughter were out shopping for something to wear to an important event they were hosting the next day. As they walked through the mall, Jean’s right knee suddenly gave out. Excruciating sharp pain shot down the inside of her knee, and if her daughter hadn’t been there, she would have collapsed to the floor. They managed to get her home, but she was unable to bear weight on that leg without intense pain.
Her husband took her to see an orthopedist who, after examination and X-rays, told them she probably had a tear of the meniscus (cartilage) that would likely require surgery, and he ordered an MRI to confirm the diagnosis. Jean, who had spent months planning the event, was crushed. She asked if she could get a steroid shot in the knee to get her through the next evening, but the orthopedist declined, saying he had to see the MRI results before proceeding with treatment.
So Jean and her husband went home and tried a treatment that she had received from her Whitaker Wellness physician for an earlier bout of back pain: a prescription anesthetic mixed with a little DMSO, applied directly on the affected area. To Jean’s delight, the pain decreased dramatically after the first application. And although she was on her feet during much of the event, she sailed though the evening without pain. She continued to use the cream as needed (the MRI ruled out a meniscus tear), and today, four months later, she is pain free.
— from Health & Healing by Julian Whitaker, MD
Her husband took her to see an orthopedist who, after examination and X-rays, told them she probably had a tear of the meniscus (cartilage) that would likely require surgery, and he ordered an MRI to confirm the diagnosis. Jean, who had spent months planning the event, was crushed. She asked if she could get a steroid shot in the knee to get her through the next evening, but the orthopedist declined, saying he had to see the MRI results before proceeding with treatment.
So Jean and her husband went home and tried a treatment that she had received from her Whitaker Wellness physician for an earlier bout of back pain: a prescription anesthetic mixed with a little DMSO, applied directly on the affected area. To Jean’s delight, the pain decreased dramatically after the first application. And although she was on her feet during much of the event, she sailed though the evening without pain. She continued to use the cream as needed (the MRI ruled out a meniscus tear), and today, four months later, she is pain free.
— from Health & Healing by Julian Whitaker, MD
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