Anyone here ever use DMSO?

experiences appreciated

If you are talking about a way to alleviate tendonitis - the answer is no - but I have been planning on trying it - I think you crush aspirin into a powder and mix the two and it can penetrate the skin and really work - who knows.

used to get it out of Mexico in the 80's/early 90's? ......had a guy whobrought me 50/100 tubes, id pay him $8 each and sold em for $30 with no problem...people with painful arthiritis would kill for it back then.....the us. govt (damn republicans) wouldnt approve it here and after a few years i didnt here of it much again.
Stuff is like miracle ben-gay.....oooooooooo i remember who else used it big time was horse trainers...but then they tested for it and that ended that...

A lot of people would use it for transdermal steroid use too. It used to be sold at a lot of bodybuilding supplement stores.

Yes, many times as an 5% solution to prevent ice crystal formation when storing cells in liquid nitrogen.

Never as a therapeutic agent, but I understand how it is capable of penetrating cells and tissues and providing symptomatic relief for inflamation. I don't know of any contra-indications but I don't think there are many studies.

My grandfather was a Vet and I played basketball in college...Broke and sprained my ankle several times over the years and used DMSO many many times on my ankles before games...Really worked but would also seemed to eat the skin away....

I remember when this was first discovered. It was by Crown Zellerback....the paper company. It was in the mid 60's and my cousin went out and bought their stock because he thought it really was going to take off as a pain reliever for arthritis. When I first came out to Calif. in 1976, they started selling it in the stores. I guess they still do but don't see it advertised like they used to .

I remember when this was first discovered. It was by Crown Zellerback....the paper company. It was in the mid 60's and my cousin went out and bought their stock because he thought it really was going to take off as a pain reliever for arthritis. When I first came out to Calif. in 1976, they started selling it in the stores. I guess they still do but don't see it advertised like they used to .

Looks like it's legal in California:

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/hsc/109500-109505.html

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 109500-109505


109500. As used in this article, "DMSO" means dimethyl sulfoxide.



109505. DMSO sold in California other than by prescription shall be
labeled by the manufacturer, distributor, or seller to contain a
description of all of the contents in the solution, statement of
purity, the percent of DMSO in the solution, and the manufacturer's
name and address.
The label shall contain (a) the name and address of the
distributor of the DMSO, if any, (b) the name and address of the
manufacturer of the finished DMSO, and (c) the manufacturer's lot or
control number. Finished DMSO means DMSO that requires no further
manufacture prior to retail sale other than packaging or labeling.
Whenever DMSO is sold or otherwise supplied, other than by
prescription, the seller or supplier shall give additional printed
material to the person receiving the DMSO that provides adequate
warning against use that may be dangerous to the health of the user,
and information that prescriptive DMSO is available from a physician.

The label of DMSO sold pursuant to this section shall contain the
following statement: "It is unlawful to represent in any way that
this product is useful or safe to use for medicinal purposes." The
label shall include appropriate precautionary measures for proper
handling and first aid treatment and a warning statement to keep the
product out of reach of children.