Good for Arthritis and Aching Joints
This is not magic, but I find it provides reasonable temporary relief for aching joints. First wash your hands and dry them carefully, the active ingredient is a solvent that will carry whatever is on your skin surface into your body. I have arthritis and full knee and hip joint replacements. I have used this on an aching knee and on an aching hand. It rubs in fairly quickly, no need to use a large amount. I find that within a few minutes I get some relief - Not total relief, but it seems to significantly reduce the ache. It seems to last a couple of hours or so in my case. I do not use this continually, just when I have a specific joint ache that's bothering me. I would be reluctant to use it continuously because of a lack of good data on that.<br /><br />I had read that DMSO has a strong garlic or onion-like scent. I can barely smell that in this case. I do not know if the manufacturer found a way to deodorize the DMSO or what. In any case, this does give me some limited relief that is well worth the cost.
Rating: 4 stars