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Over-the-counter WD, or is that prescription strength?

Wonder what your blood tests look like.....

Interesting. I wonder if that causes cancer over time?

Of course, what doesn't now days...

I go in every year for a full physical, which includes a complete blood workup. The doctor said I am healthy as a horse. Like I said in the other post, my knee is completely pain free and has been that way for fifteen years.

2 Aleve and 2 shots of vodka works very well.

I have been using Mobic/meloxicam daily since '09 for arthritus in my hands. The Dr wanted to rebuild my right thumb in '09, but I have put off the surgery for eight years via use of NSAIDS. I also had to start Omeprazol to control stomach pain. So an Omeprazol each night and morning plusthe Mobic each evening allows me to function at work.

But now that regimin is failing to control pain and inflamation in hips and knees, so i have added 600 mg of ibuprofin each night and morning. Got an apt with orthapedic surgeon in two weeks to see what can be done.

Crude!

I had an elderly cousin that swore by WD-40 as arthritis for His knees. I can barely tolerate the smell when I have to use it outdoors. I have been taking Etodolac 500Mg tablets twice a day for probably 20 years for Arthritis in my neck and shoulders. miles

Voltaren is very effective for arthritis, especially hands and feet,and back. Only trouble is it,s a prescription. in USA.
in Canada it,s over the counter. They also have 2.3% vs the 1% we have here.

Snake oil salesmen of the 19th century depended on ppl like you for a living.

What kind of arthritis do you have? If you have osteoarthritis from overuse and all the cartilage in the joint is worn away I don't know of anything you can take for the pain and remain concious. I've had 3 finger joints replaced in the last 4 years because the cartilage was gone and the bone was wearing away. Go to a good orthopedic surgeon for an examination, an x-ray will show how much cartilage is left in your hand joints. My Mother had rheumatoid arthritis in her later years and she was prescribed drugs that reduced the pain.

Can you refute the fact every week someone calls WD40 with glowing reports of it helping them? Can you refute the fact that my brother-in-law never heard about it helping with pain and discovered empirically that it helped him enough to pass the good word along to me? Can you refute the fact that my knee would quit hunting almost instantly? Can you refute the fact that my knee has not hurt for at least a dozen years?

As a natural-born skeptic, I tend to think many things are a snake oil remedy. Like the idea of rubbing Vick's on the bottoms of one's feet to treat night-time coughing. The manufacturer doesn't make such recommendation. Nor does the maker of WD-40 suggest that their product be used topically. That doesn't mean that it doesn't work - as many people far and wide have suggested. Nor does it mean that either practice is safe or healthy. But few people would argue that a sufficient dose of grain neutral spirits isn't effective in reducing certain pains. Again, certain side effects might make it's use as medical treatment somewhat undesirable.

I don't need to refute any anecdotal statements as to the efficacy of unproven folk remedies. On the contrary it's you that have all the burden of proof as the science currently stands on my side of the argument.

One thing is for sure though frequent repeated transdermal delivery of petroleum distillates over a period years will dramatically increase your likelihood of developing a multitude of cancers.

Which might be the very reason no credibility is given to certain "snake oil" treatments. Then again, while I make no defense for cancer causing materials, one has only to watch many of the multitude ads for FDA approved drugs to realize that heart attack, stroke, depression, suicidal thoughts, death and other factors are 'weighed' in their recommendation for use.

Tylenol extra strength worked for me. Mobic, a prescription medication, worked better. Lots of folks with bad tickers can't take NSAIDS. Taking vodka with any pain reliever is, well, not prudent.

Both of these statements are clear over-reaches, if not outright untrue.

As far as scientific applies. I am not into that here. I don't remember the original poster asking for scientific reviews here so I gave some info that helped my brother-in-law and me; and apparently several others according to the number of calls WD40 gets.

It appears you're doing something very UNscientific here. It appears you are assuming I did it for years. I applied it for a few months and didn't need to anymore for the rest of my life. If it killed the nerves, fine. If it healed the problem, that is even better.

As mentioned WD40 is a petroleum distillate. Not much different than rubbing gasoline onto the area. Did it heal you? Most definitely no, because as of now there isn't a cure for arthritis. Treatments yes. Cures no. Did it kill the nerves? Well, let's hope not. Nerves control organs, muscle function, sensory recognition. Bone nerves usually are sensory in nature and serve the purpose of letting you know when something is wrong. Kill them and you end up damaging the bone further and eventually, you would have additional problems. Arthritis doesn't go away, and since you no longer have the problem, the best-case guess is you had a soft tissue/muscle injury that referred pain to the knee and eventually healed.

One thing for sure would be that petroleum distillates are not good for the lungs. Long-term breathing of WD40 droplets will most definitely case irreversible lung damage, and it doesn't much with fragile lung tissue. How is WD40 metabolized or eliminated from the body? Liver? Kidneys? I don't know, but long-term flushing can't be good for either.

I'm not saying it doesn't work, I am saying there is more than a better chance that it is not an innocuous remedy.

DMSO helps knuckles.