Anyone try Pennsaid (diclofenac topical cream)

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Hi Everyone,

I'm missing my NSAID, now more than ever eek. I've tried a slew of

them (Celebrex, Vioxx, aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, Diclofenac) and

diclofenac was the best. It helped with my spine and helped take

away some of the acheyness. I didn't realize how good it was until I

had to come off it. I'm very very sensitive to drugs, and it seems

all NSAIDs taken longer than 3 or 4 days make me really sick. I get

bad tremour attacks accompanied by lightheadedness, diarrhea, heart

palpations, and severe nausea so needless to say I can't take NSAIDs

really. I get away with a bit of ibuprofen for one or two days here

or there but that's it as far as NSAIDs are concerned.

A good friend of mine who has knee issues discovered Pennsaid, a

cream containing Diclofenac.

(http://www.dimethaid.com/products/pennsaid.asp) You apply the cream

over the painful area and the diclofenac is absorbed through the skin

bypassing the digestive system. I'm really excited by this product

and would like to try it. I'm going to ask my GP about it on the

21st when I see him. Have any of you tried Pennsaid? I don't know,

maybe it'll still make me sick but I'd like to try it to see if it is

something that could work for me for those days when a certain joint

is very very achey and particularily bad.

Thanks so much for advice about this stuff.

-Rhea