Re: pharmaceutical grade?

January 15, 2011

>I've got the industrial strength 99.9% pure from the local Agway store and I

understand it really shouldn't be used due to the impurities.<

I'm a bit puzzled. If your DMSO is 99.9% pure, what sort of impurities would be

possible? That's the percentage I use, whether I have gotten it from a company

that only makes DMSO or from veterinary sources. I've never had a problem with

any of it.

I almost trust the vet sources most, because it's used on race horses. If a race

horse was damaged by impure DMSO there would be hell to pay! Maybe more so than

if we were damaged...

Dianne

January 15, 2011

I think you will find that the USP grade for DMSO is so highly priced and

rather difficult to get even with a prescription that it is not worth it. I

have been using the so-called industrial grade of DMSO for over 30 years

with absolutely no problems. You must take into consideration that whenever

" THEY " say something negative about a compound like DMSO that they may be

biased to say the least. Think of all the side-effects that FDA approved

drugs may have. Also, consider that on 60 Minutes TV show a few weeks ago, a

USP grade of several drugs were found to be contaminated. Who can one really

trust?

Unless you plan to inject the stuff, the DMSO you buy 99.9% pure is pretty

good and cheap stuff. If you insist on USP grade DMSO, you need to get a

prescription from a vet and probably have him obtain it from one of his

suppliers.

doug

January 15, 2011

From whence came your understanding? I and many others have used it for

years. Horses worth far more than I have had it used on them for a loooong

time--not that their physical make-up is similar to that of a human but it

is one significant test of time regarding DMSO.

Buy it at Dr. 's web page if you think you shouldn't use farm supply

DMSO. You can also get DMSO from health food stores but it's not 100%. Come

to think of it, I don't even actually know if the stuff sold on 's web

page is 100%. He does offer something called " ultrapure. "

http://www.dmso.org/

Saralou

>

> Does anyone know where you can purchase 100% pharmaceutical grade DMSO (in

> glass bottles)?

>

> I've got the industrial strength 99.9% pure from the local Agway store and

> I

> understand it really shouldn't be used due to the impurities. I'm in the

> Northeast so would love to hear from everyone, but certainly northeastern

> places would help with shipping costs.

>

> Thanks.

>

January 15, 2011

The originator and moderator of this list has said that she uses that

type or that purity. Pharmaceutical grade is expensive beyond your

wildest imaginations from what I have read on this forum.

>

> Does anyone know where you can purchase 100% pharmaceutical grade DMSO (in

> glass bottles)?

>

> I've got the industrial strength 99.9% pure from the local Agway store

> and I

> understand it really shouldn't be used due to the impurities. I'm in the

> Northeast so would love to hear from everyone, but certainly northeastern

> places would help with shipping costs.

>

> Thanks.

>

January 15, 2011

Thanks for everybody's feedback. I've heard that the pharmaceutical grade is

extremely expensive. I don't plan on using it for injection myself: however,

I have used it in eye drops etc. I'm glad to hear that several folks have

been using it a lot longer than I have and it being fine. I guess it being

stored in plastic, it has a tendency to deteriorate over time and thus

breaking down some of the plastic which in effect could be absorbed by the

user. If it were convenient (and not so cost prohibitive) I'd love to have

some of the 100% on hand.

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