Well, since I am running out of Pennsaid and the chemist will not let me have all the stuff russett says I need to make my own Pennsaid, I finally went back to my GP and got a prescription for Voltarol Emulget.
As a Pennnsaid user I though my comments about how competitive products compare might be of interest.
Well, Voltarol is a white colored cream. It is greasy and smelly. To be honest I don't give a shit if it helps with the pain in my knee.
Applied a good squirt of it to my knee. Rubbed it in throughly. Waited. Nothing other than a cool feeling from it evaporating I assume. Some time later, maybe 2-3 minutes I did get a minor amount of relief that I would say was about 10% of what I get with Pennsaid and it takes 18x longer to work.
OK so I thought, maybe I did not put enough on. After a couple of hours I reapplied the Voltarol, only this time doubled the dose. Same effect.
Non-professional opinion: Waste of time and money.
In the end, took my 1/2 bottle of Pennsaid and applied it to my knee before I went to bed. Instant relief.
On more thing. I have a damaged nerve because of this accident. The Sciatic (sp) nerve runs out your spine and down each leg. It parts just below the knee and goes in two directions. This damn nerve has been firing off just below my knee where it parts and is the source of major discomfort.
The upshot is I also get "sympathy" nerve pain in my hip from this nerve firing off. I can promise you, you will not sleep when this is happening.
Last night it started, I had already put Pennsaid on my knee and the spot where the nerve splits in two. No problem there. However as I lay on my side the nerve in my hip started with the sharp pain spikes.
I got the Pennsaid out, applied I don't know, 20 drops, rubbed it in. Problem solved and I went to sleep.
The bottom line is Pennsaid is so far superior to Voltarol that it is unbelievable.
We need approval and we need it now. DMX BETTER be doing EVERYTHING possible to get this done and get a UK distributor or I will personally come over there with the intention to kick some ass. They are screwing around ME.
I hope REK reads this thread, she should. |
