DMSO sounds interesting...wonder if any rat longevity studies have performed...lol. Hey, who knows what might work. I see it is available to purchase now...might have to pick up a bottle and try it out. http://www.amazon.co...sl_93gs37cmkk_b
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There are 3832 studies that come up on Medline searching the words "DMSO AND rat."
I buy DMSO directly from the manufacturers at either DMSO.com for the 16 ounce 90% topical gel or the 99% liquid or DMSO.net for the gel that is 70% DMSO and 30% aloe or the 99% liquid.
The 70/30 gel causes less itch and burn to skin than the 90%, but I generally use the 90% gel the most because it is most effective.
However, my first experience with DMSO was with 99% liquid, as I didn't know gels were available.
I had a 30% torn Achilles tendon and three torn ligaments that stabilize the foot, the anterior talofibular (ATF), calcanealfibular (CFL) and posterior talofibular (PTF) ligaments by doing two 8-mile race-walks in two days in Central Park. My heart and lungs will do anything, but I was reminded how important conditioning training is, especially for someone 56 years old, my age at the time.
The surgeon said that having these three ligaments torn destabilizes the foot, which caused the Achilles to tear.
We were going to do surgery that would fix the ligaments, but I had four months of business travel that I had to complete.
I was at the Life Extension store in Ft. Lauderdale and saw a bottle of 99% DMSO liquid, which I remembered from the 60 Minutes TV programs in the '60's, so I bought it and began applying it to the Achilles and the area of the three ligaments, just thinking that DMSO had anti-inflammatory value.
Two weeks before the surgery the doctor had me do MRI's of the areas.
To our astonishment, the MRI's showed that the Achilles and the ligaments had healed - and healed without immobilization.
The doctor said that this was "considered to be medically impossible," but I could quote him that it happened.
My PT also said that my Achilles was "rock-solid" and that he had never seen tissues heal this way - without immobilization, but MRI's confirmed that it did.
So, that's why I keep a jar of each kind of gel and a bottle of the liquid on hand.
When I have something aching I apply DMSO to it and keep applying it several times a day until it heals.
I have two friends who lived with migraine headaches until they applied DMSO to the area on their head that hurts. In a few minutes the headache is gone and DMSO keeps them free from migraines.
Another friend with chronic sinus headaches experiences the same benefit, so she keeps a jar in her purse. She also uses it for carpal tunnel, as she is a bookkeeper and on the computer all day.
I've had it heal a broken cartilage rib so that I was pain-free in four days, when it usually takes a month or more.
It doesn't work to heal bone, but for soft tissues it does wonders.