| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica 09:38 - Oct 5 with 3625 views | hype313 |
This is one painful MF, and debilitating.
Any advice welcome! |  |
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| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 11:40 - Oct 6 with 804 views | Benters |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 09:03 - Oct 6 by GNZ |
You should have a good look at DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide). It really is a miracle medicine. I have used it for years. It helps or cures many conditions particularly pain.
It is available online.
The main source of information is A Mid-Western Doctor; an anonymous doctor writing in the United States.
Here are two links to his researches into DMSO -
https://www.midwesterndoctor.c
https://www.midwesterndoctor.c
Don't miss the old TV programme in the second link. You will see that it used to be used for sports injuries. It is used by vets and particularly for race horses. Owners do not take risks with very valuable animals.
AMWD has written a huge number of articles on medical matters at his substack (there is an index). It's well worth a look.
You can take it by mouth. I use one teaspoon in a glass of water or juice.
You can use it topically. In this case DMSO should be mixed with distilled water, castor oil or with aloe vera gel (I use all three mixes). When you mix with water it will produce heat; just let it cool down. Store in amber glass bottles. Avoid plastic; it can degrade some plastics. Start with say 20% DMSO 80% distilled water. When you are sure of what you are doing, you can increase the strength. I use 75% DMSO 25% distilled water.
Make sure that your skin is clean because DMSO can take with it anything on your skin even nicotine stains. In fact it is used by pharmaceutical companies to take their preparations through the skin. The benefit you get may actually be because of the DMSO and not what they added to it!
I try to keep clothing away from an application for twenty minutes. Don't want any dye being taken through the skin.
The application site may itch for about 20 minutes. Also you may find you have a garlic taste in your mouth. DMSO travels throughout the body; put it on your back and within a few minutes it's reached your mouth! Not everybody gets this taste - I don't. There is no need to rub the mix into the skin. Just wipe it on and it will find it's way through the skin.
It can also be injected but as very few doctors have heard of it, you won't get this.
It is approved in the UK for treating interstitial cystitis.
It may affect medicines you are already taking. It can make them more effective (powerful). Just be careful. Start low dose topically and note any changes. I am due in Papworth in a couple of weeks for CTEPH surgery. I am on lots of medications and have not noticed any problems. While the doctors had not heard of DMSO the pharmacologist had heard of it but had no problem with my using it topically.
Perhaps Benters can help me with recuperation advice after the op!
Nobody is known to have died from taking DMSO. Plenty of people die every year from taking tylenol (paracetamol). As it is so safe you lose nothing by trying it. |
Why did you write all that to me ? |  |
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| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 11:43 - Oct 6 with 796 views | DJR |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 11:40 - Oct 6 by Benters |
Why did you write all that to me ? |
It's because he thinks you're a pain.  |  | | |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 11:46 - Oct 6 with 779 views | Benters |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 11:43 - Oct 6 by DJR |
It's because he thinks you're a pain. |
You should be on the stage buh  | |
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| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 12:07 - Oct 6 with 755 views | GNZ |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 11:24 - Oct 6 by Ryorry |
I ignored its aproved use for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome in the UK purely because you had already referenced that. Your first and subsequent posts were clearly *not* referencing that condition, only sciatica, back and general pain/other conditions. Which it is NOT approved for.
Your cherry-picking of that omission by myself doesn't make your glossy bigging-up and claims for the substance any more solid, reliable or less risk-free than they were.
And you probably don't know my posting history, but I've always been pro safe alternative medicine/treatments; and advocated caution with prescribed medicines like NSAIDs that are known to have frequent, damaging side effects. |
Me - Is DMSO approved for sciatica, back and general pain by MHRA?
AI - DMSO is not specifically approved by the MHRA for conditions like sciatica, back pain, or general pain. However, it has been used in various studies for pain relief and is recognized for its effectiveness in treating chronic pain conditions.
Not specifically but you can use it. Amazon sell it. I like AI now; they think it works! |  | | |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 12:11 - Oct 6 with 751 views | GNZ |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 11:40 - Oct 6 by Benters |
Why did you write all that to me ? |
I don’t post much and pressed the wrong button. Will you forgive me? I do read here and know all about your waterbutts. | | | |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 12:17 - Oct 6 with 743 views | Ryorry |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 12:07 - Oct 6 by GNZ |
Me - Is DMSO approved for sciatica, back and general pain by MHRA?
AI - DMSO is not specifically approved by the MHRA for conditions like sciatica, back pain, or general pain. However, it has been used in various studies for pain relief and is recognized for its effectiveness in treating chronic pain conditions.
Not specifically but you can use it. Amazon sell it. I like AI now; they think it works! |
I note that you continue to leave out all the risks & warnings in your follow-up posts.
If I thought it was safe, I'd have been straight on to possible ways of buying it - which is why I did immediate research. |  |
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| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 14:27 - Oct 6 with 654 views | GNZ |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 12:17 - Oct 6 by Ryorry |
I note that you continue to leave out all the risks & warnings in your follow-up posts.
If I thought it was safe, I'd have been straight on to possible ways of buying it - which is why I did immediate research. |
Safety hhmm Safety - OK - https://www.midwesterndoctor.c
Don’t forget the nearly 8,000 comments at the end.
They’re only anecdotes but they are the experiences of real people. | | | |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 15:02 - Oct 6 with 615 views | Ryorry |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 14:27 - Oct 6 by GNZ |
Safety hhmm Safety - OK - https://www.midwesterndoctor.c
Don’t forget the nearly 8,000 comments at the end.
They’re only anecdotes but they are the experiences of real people. |
That recommendation, incl safety info, is from *one* doctor - who is remaining anonymous and who therefore can't be checked for credentials or qualifications ...
And a load of unverified reviews.
You don't seem to have looked very carefully on the Amazon UK website that you pointed people to for these products - if you had you'd have seen the 1* reviews there citing severe skin damage, other adverse physical reactions, lack of 'use by' dates on the products which makes them particularly dangerous, inapproopriate packaging, broken seals, lack of purity of the drug (again making it particularly dangerous).
And I'm not a legal bod, but given that selling unapproved DMSO with medical claims or instructions for human ingestion/treatment violates UK medicine regulations, it looks like Amazon is acting illegally in selling some of those products, unless they can evade that by claiming they're USA-based
The more you protest, the less I trust you, your one-sided missionary zeal, & the product itself. [Post edited 6 Oct 15:12]
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| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica (n/t) on 16:28 - Oct 6 with 554 views | GNZ |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 15:02 - Oct 6 by Ryorry |
That recommendation, incl safety info, is from *one* doctor - who is remaining anonymous and who therefore can't be checked for credentials or qualifications ...
And a load of unverified reviews.
You don't seem to have looked very carefully on the Amazon UK website that you pointed people to for these products - if you had you'd have seen the 1* reviews there citing severe skin damage, other adverse physical reactions, lack of 'use by' dates on the products which makes them particularly dangerous, inapproopriate packaging, broken seals, lack of purity of the drug (again making it particularly dangerous).
And I'm not a legal bod, but given that selling unapproved DMSO with medical claims or instructions for human ingestion/treatment violates UK medicine regulations, it looks like Amazon is acting illegally in selling some of those products, unless they can evade that by claiming they're USA-based
The more you protest, the less I trust you, your one-sided missionary zeal, & the product itself. [Post edited 6 Oct 15:12]
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| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica (n/t) on 16:31 - Oct 6 with 551 views | GNZ |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica (n/t) on 16:28 - Oct 6 by GNZ |
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And I hit the wrong key again!
I'm not sure what you are on about. AMWD gives links to many scientific studies in his article. He also includes tables of results. Did you even scroll down? It is not just one doctor.
He remains anonymous because he does want to attract the attacks many other doctors have suffered. He tries to help people and judging by the comments he does.
I didn't "point" people to a particular product. I don't know what product you were looking at but the one I buy has 4.7 stars from 664 ratings. It has none of the defects that you mention. Anyone looking at Amazon should always look at products critically. 4.7 out of 5 is good for me.
Your last paragraph demonstrates the perennial TWTD problem and why many people don't bother to post.
I was trying to help someone in pain.
Anyway my one day Glocal Me Wifi pass is about to expire so I'll leave it all to you for another six months. [Post edited 6 Oct 16:34]
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| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica (n/t) on 18:22 - Oct 6 with 488 views | tonybied |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica (n/t) on 17:49 - Oct 6 by Ryorry |
So, challenging and becoming increasingly suspicious of someone who repeatedly promotes the (alleged) healing benefits of, and repeatedly ignores the advice of medical experts highlighting the dangers of, a substance that violates UK medicine regulations when sold in the non-prescribed, unapproved form you’ve advocated in numerous of your posts, “demonstrates the perennial TWTD problem and why many people don't bother to post.”
Got it  |
I think you're arguing with a bot! |  | | |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 19:07 - Oct 6 with 469 views | BurnsisBurns |
After 30+ yrs working in construction. 2x prolapsed discs diagnosed by MRI in the lower back, 20 odd years apart at levels L1&S1. The level L1 in 1996. S1 in 2023.
I’ve since 2023 had 2 nerve root block injections in the lower back at Ipswich hospital, which helped. Currently awaiting 3rd injection.
However I’ve been prescribed by my GP since 2023 pregablin.
This fairly new drug at treating nerve pain, on its own, keeps me working every day still at 56 | | | |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 19:39 - Oct 6 with 448 views | Cheera |
I suffered from sciatica a couple of years ago, thankfully now gone.
I'm sure that there are different causes and types but I found that two things really helped me: -
1. Stretching my back by hanging on something and dangling for 30 seconds or so at a time (e.g. climbing frame, pull up bars at the gym). This helped massively. Spinal decompression forcing the discs apart i guess.
2. Cycling at the gym. Walking was the wrong exercise (downward pressure) but the circular motion from cycling seemed to help.
If you book a physio appointment (on the NHS) they will give you stretching exercises which are also good.
Best of luck with it - not nice. | | | |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 05:10 - Oct 7 with 368 views | Benters |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 12:11 - Oct 6 by GNZ |
I don’t post much and pressed the wrong button. Will you forgive me? I do read here and know all about your waterbutts. |
I will let you off then. | |
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| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 14:33 - Oct 7 with 280 views | WinchBlue |
I got terrible lower back pain/sciatic pain from working as a teenager in the garage at Tooks Bakery in the early 80’s compounded by a nasty sports injury 6/7 years later. Physio/chiropractic/osteopathy/drugs hardly did anything. Then, about 20 years ago my sister gave me one of those foam wedges for the car. After a couple of days all pain had gone and it’s never come back. |  | | |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 14:44 - Oct 7 with 271 views | Dubtractor |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 19:39 - Oct 6 by Cheera |
I suffered from sciatica a couple of years ago, thankfully now gone.
I'm sure that there are different causes and types but I found that two things really helped me: -
1. Stretching my back by hanging on something and dangling for 30 seconds or so at a time (e.g. climbing frame, pull up bars at the gym). This helped massively. Spinal decompression forcing the discs apart i guess.
2. Cycling at the gym. Walking was the wrong exercise (downward pressure) but the circular motion from cycling seemed to help.
If you book a physio appointment (on the NHS) they will give you stretching exercises which are also good.
Best of luck with it - not nice. |
I'd second both of those points. Just hanging, and letting gravity do it's thing, really eases the pressure.
I think cycling is really good for getting all the right muscles moving. |  |
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| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 18:30 - Oct 7 with 212 views | GlasgowBlue |
I had it really bad between 2010 and 2012. Couldn't sit down, couldn't get in or out of my car. Had to give up running.
The doctor put me on Gabapentin, which was a waste of time. Then he tried Amitriptyline, which is normally an antidepressant but can relive severe back pain. Still no joy.
A scan revealed that I had a bulge on one of my discs. They could operate but were reluctant as there are chances it could go wrong. Instead they put me on a cocktail of Amitriptyline, Diazepam and Morphine Sulphate. Really strong stuff but it worked and got me moving again. The more I moved the better I got and after a few months the issue went away. I actually ran the Glasgow Half Marathon in 2013 on Morphine Sulphate, which was an 'experience".
Occasionally I get the warning pains, usually in winter time, but touch wood it's been very mild and went away after a couple of days.
If you are finding it debilitating then ask your GP about Morphine Sulphate. [Post edited 7 Oct 19:49]
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| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 19:38 - Oct 7 with 191 views | Ryorry |
| Anyone got any good tips to help Sciatica on 18:30 - Oct 7 by GlasgowBlue |
I had it really bad between 2010 and 2012. Couldn't sit down, couldn't get in or out of my car. Had to give up running.
The doctor put me on Gabapentin, which was a waste of time. Then he tried Amitriptyline, which is normally an antidepressant but can relive severe back pain. Still no joy.
A scan revealed that I had a bulge on one of my discs. They could operate but were reluctant as there are chances it could go wrong. Instead they put me on a cocktail of Amitriptyline, Diazepam and Morphine Sulphate. Really strong stuff but it worked and got me moving again. The more I moved the better I got and after a few months the issue went away. I actually ran the Glasgow Half Marathon in 2013 on Morphine Sulphate, which was an 'experience".
Occasionally I get the warning pains, usually in winter time, but touch wood it's been very mild and went away after a couple of days.
If you are finding it debilitating then ask your GP about Morphine Sulphate. [Post edited 7 Oct 19:49]
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“warning pains”.
You touched on a really good point there - back issues can often improve whilst the physical problem remains latent or even worsens with time.
But if people pay attention and listen to what their bodies are telling them to do (or not do), the worst symptoms/practical problems can be avoided as the ability to self-manage the issue comes with experience. | |
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