International drugs not approved in USA

[Guest guest]

Hey all,

Been about 2 years since I was last reading and posting here. Just a note

on my background before my question...

I am a 38 year old professional juggler with minimal P. (20 years) and mild

PA. Have been diagnosed with the PA for about 5 years. Started on

Piroxicam and then switched to controlling my PA by doing Dr. Pagano's diet.

Hate it, but find it extremely helpful.

My question is:

While recently performing internationally, I came across two medications in

a Mexican Pharmacy. The 'expat' American pharmasist highly recommended E45

Cream from Crookes Healthcare in the UK for P, and Cofenac Gel (Diclofenac

Diethylammonium Gel) from Cipla LTD in India for PA. Neither is steriodal.

Does anyone here have any info or experiences with either of these? I

believe I am aware of some of the issues and risks of taking meds that are

not approved by the US gov't. Nor am I eager to take anything without

checking with my Doctors although they would agree I know more about diet

and PA than they do. I hardly take any meds now at all....prefer to avoid

them.

Does anyone here know anything about the safety or effectiveness of these?

The Cofenac Gel is supposed to be made up of NSAID's that are crushed into a

cream. I tried it only once and felt noticable relief in about 10 minutes.

Wanted to get info on it before using it again.

I have not tried the Psorsis Cream yet. But the pharmasist swore that there

would be no rebound, and that I would know in a week or so of regular use if

it would be helpful to me.

What say you all?

Best Regards,

Rosman

[Guest guest]

You might want to check with a Compounding Pharmacy. All of the big cities

have them. They do exactly what you said. They grind up things into

creams. One of the very popular things they do is grind ibuprophen into a

topical cream. It's kind of like super aspercream. The advantage is a

localized dose and you don't risk stomach bleeding.

[ ] International drugs not approved in USA

Hey all,

Been about 2 years since I was last reading and posting here. Just a note

on my background before my question...

I am a 38 year old professional juggler with minimal P. (20 years) and mild

PA. Have been diagnosed with the PA for about 5 years. Started on

Piroxicam and then switched to controlling my PA by doing Dr. Pagano's diet.

Hate it, but find it extremely helpful.

My question is:

While recently performing internationally, I came across two medications in

a Mexican Pharmacy. The 'expat' American pharmasist highly recommended E45

Cream from Crookes Healthcare in the UK for P, and Cofenac Gel (Diclofenac

Diethylammonium Gel) from Cipla LTD in India for PA. Neither is steriodal.

Does anyone here have any info or experiences with either of these? I

believe I am aware of some of the issues and risks of taking meds that are

not approved by the US gov't. Nor am I eager to take anything without

checking with my Doctors although they would agree I know more about diet

and PA than they do. I hardly take any meds now at all....prefer to avoid

them.

Does anyone here know anything about the safety or effectiveness of these?

The Cofenac Gel is supposed to be made up of NSAID's that are crushed into a

cream. I tried it only once and felt noticable relief in about 10 minutes.

Wanted to get info on it before using it again.

I have not tried the Psorsis Cream yet. But the pharmasist swore that there

would be no rebound, and that I would know in a week or so of regular use if

it would be helpful to me.

What say you all?

Best Regards,

Rosman

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Know nothing about the drugs you are asking about, but I did have a question.

What is Dr. Pagano's diet?

Thanks,

(idaho)

[Guest guest]

Hi R

Welcome back to the group. Your last time here was before my time.

The only cream I recognised was the E45. As far as I know you can buy it

over the counter here. (UK) I think it is used for all sorts of dermotalogical

problems. Hold on....................(Wait two minutes while I am looking in

the bathroom cabinets).............................Got it! lol

I thought I had seen some somewhere. I have a tub here that my wife got on

prescription some time ago. I will add what it says on the label below:

E45 cream is recommended for more serious dry skin conditions such as

eczema, dermatitis, ichthyosis, and certain dry cases of psoriasis.

E45 can be used everyday by the whole family including babies.

Active ingredients: White paraffin BP 14.5% w/w, Light Liquid paraffin ph

eur 12.6% w/w, Hypoallergenic Anhydrous Lanolin (Medilan) 1.0% w/w.

Hope this helps a bit .

Good luck,