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WARNING!!: THIS PRODUCT IS SOLD AS A SOLVENT ONLY. IT IS UNLAWFUL TO REPRESENT IN ANY WAY THAT IT IS USEFUL OR SAFE FOR MEDICAL USE. THE CHOICE OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS USED IS THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER.
Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) is derived from lignin, the binding substance of trees. DMSO has the unusual ability to absorb through the skin and take with it other substances that ordinarily would not cross the skin's barrier.8
A wide range of primary pharmacological actions have been documented in laboratory studies: membrane transport, effects on connective tissue, anti-inflammation, nerve blockade (analgesia), bacteriostasis, diuresis, enhancements or reduction of the effectiveness of other drugs, enhancement of resistance to infection, vasodilation, muscle relaxation, antagonism to platelet aggregation, and influence on serum cholesterol.5 DMSO has the ability to lower intracranial pressure following closed head injury faster and more effectively than any other drug.3
MSM is a sulfur compound made from DMSO that has many of the helpful qualities of DMSO, with some distinct advantages: it lacks the distinctive oyster-garlic smell.1
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DMSO
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Essense-of-Life.com encourages personal research and a balanced view of health and nutrition topics. The information links below are intended to provide a broad overview of various research findings and hypothesis on the role of nutrition in health. This information is not intended to promote any particular product.
Unless noted, the articles below may NOT include any scientific references or sources.
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The MSM DMSO Connection |
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DMSO is both a prescription drug and an industrial solvent. Much of its medical value from its ability to transport other substances through cell membranes. It is also reported to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Medical-grade DMSO is safe, and is widely used in medical processes. Thousands of scientific papers have been published about DMSO’s chemistry and shown that it can relieve muscle and joint pain; reduce inflammation; soften collagen to relieve scleroderma symptoms; help heal skin ulcers caused by diabetes and scleroderma; and relieve blood vessel constrictions common to Raynaud’s phenomenon. Other research has suggested it may help prevent brain damage after stroke or head injuries. And it appears to have few side effects, even at very high dosages. DMSO is approved for use in many other countries for arthritis and related conditions. MSM is a sulfur compound made from DMSO that has many of the helpful qualities of DMSO, with some distinct advantages: it lacks the distinctive oyster-garlic smell. |
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Current Status of DMSO |
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More than 10,000 articles on the biologic implications of DMSO have appeared in the scientific literature and 30,000 articles on the chemistry of DMSO have also been published. The results of these studies strongly support the view that DMSO is a truly significant new therapeutic principle. DMSO is a respected, approved pharmaceutical agent in more than 125 countries. |
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DMSO: Many Uses, Much Controversy |
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DMSO is one of the most studied but least understood pharmaceutical agents of our time--at least in the United States. Thousands of laboratory studies provide strong evidence of a wide variety of properties. DMSO has the ability to pass through membranes carrying other drugs with it across membranes. DMSO has pain-relieving, collagen-softening, and anti-inflammatory characteristics. DMSO perhaps has been used most widely as a topical analgesic. It reduces inflammation by several mechanisms. It is an antioxidant, a scavenger of the free radicals. In a scleroderma study using DMSO, patients experienced relief from pain and stiffness and an increase in strength. In arthritis studies, DMSO relieved joint pain and increased range of joint motion and grip strength. In central nervous system trauma, DMSO has the ability to lower intracranial pressure following closed head injury faster and more effectively than any other drug. DMSO also stabilized blood pressure, improved respiration, and increased urine output by five times and increased blood flow through the spinal cord to areas of injury.
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Sulfur Overview |
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Sulfur is a naturally occurring mineral that is found primarily near hot springs and volcanic craters, and in supplemental form as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and methylsulfonylmethane (MSM). DMSO is a chemical byproduct of papermaking and is used as an industrial solvent, as well as for medicinal purposes. Topical DMSO has been proposed as a treatment to relieve pain and inflammation of shingles (herpes zoster) as it may lessen the number of lesions and decrease inflammation. DMSO is approved by the FDA to treat interstitial cystitis (chronic bladder inflammation). DMSO (unlike MSM) is absorbed through the skin and may interact with other medications. About 15% of DMSO breaks down into MSM in the body. MSM is important in joint health and helps form connective tissue (cartilage, tendons, and ligaments). It may also slow the nerve impulses that transmit pain signals, reducing pain. Sulfur-containing mud baths (often called balneotherapy) can help treat skin disorders and arthritis. Sulfur baths, and other forms of sulfur applied to the skin, seem to benefit psoriasis, eczema, dandruff, and other skin conditions, as well as several kinds of arthritis, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriatic arthritis.
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Pharmacology of DMSO |
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A wide range of primary pharmacological actions of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has been documented in laboratory studies: membrane transport, effects on connective tissue, anti-inflammation, nerve blockade (analgesia), bacteriostasis, diuresis, enhancements or reduction of the effectiveness of other drugs, cholinesterase inhibition, nonspecific enhancement of resistance to infection, vasodilation, muscle relaxation, antagonism to platelet aggregation, and influence on serum cholesterol in emperimental hypercholesterolemia. This substance induces differntiation and function of leukemic and other malignant cells. DMSO also has prophylactic radioprotective properties and cryoprotective actions. It protects against ischemic injury.
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The Physical Properties of Dimeythyl Sulfoxide and Its Function in Biological Systems |
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The unique capability of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to penetrate living tissues without causing significant damage is most probably related to its relatively polar nature, its capacity to accept hydrogen bonds, and its relatively small and compact structure. DMSO's ability to replace some of the water molecules associated with the cellular constituents, may exert an indirect effect on biological systems by virtue of the changes that it causes in the liquid structure of water.
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The Human Toxicology of Dimethyl Sulfoxide |
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DMSO appears to be a very safe drug for human administration. We can permanently dispel the myth that DMSO is in any way a toxic or dangerous drug.
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Negative Viewpoint on DMSO |
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DMSO is derived from lignin, the binding substance of trees. Topically-applied DMSO has the unusual ability to be rapidly absorbed through the skin and take with it other substances that ordinarily would not cross the skin's barrier.
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Key words for internet research: DMSO and dimetyl sulfoxide, DMSO and sulur, DMSO and MSM, DMSO and arthritis, DMSO and inflammation, DMSO and scleroderma, DMSO and head injury, DMSO and intercranial pressure
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DMSO HAS NOT BEEN EVALUATED OR APPROVED BY THE FDA FOR
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PET NUTRITION
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Essense-of-Life.com encourages personal research and a balanced view of health and nutrition topics. The information links below are intended to provide a broad overview of various research findings and hypothesis on the role of nutrition in health. This information is not intended to promote any particular product.
Unless noted, the articles below may NOT include any scientific references or sources.
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What's Really in Pet Food |
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A must-read article. This report explores the differences between what consumers think they are buying and what they are actually getting. It covers definitions of pet food label terminology. Pet food provides a convenient way for slaughterhouse offal, grains considered “unfit for human consumption,” and similar waste products to be turned into profit. Bottom line: you will want to stop buying commercial pet food after reading this article.
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The True Horrors of Pet Food Revealed |
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The well-known phrase "meat byproducts" is a misnomer since these byproducts contain little, if any, meat. These are the parts of the animal left over after the meat has been stripped away from the bone. Meat meal can contain the boiled down flesh of animals we would find unacceptable for consumption. Many preservatives make their way into pet food at rendering plants before the meat is even sent to the manufacturer. Many pet owners are discovering there are more natural alternatives to commercial pet food. Natural health food stores usually stock a few varieties of all-natural pet foods. There are other owners who go even prepare their pets' foods from real, whole ingredients. |
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The Poisoning of Cats and Dogs With Contaminated Pet Food |
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A growing number of veterinarians state that processed pet food is the main cause of illness and premature death in the modern dog and cat. Consumers are being duped into believing that they are feeding their pets healthy foods, when in actuality they are feeding nothing more than inferior meat meals, cheap grains (including corn and soy), fillers, by-products, pesticides, preservatives and toxins. |
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Pottenger's Cats: A Study in Nutrition
by Francis M. Pottenger, Jr. MD |
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A comparison of healthy cats on raw foods and those on heated diets. Dr. Pottenger found that only diets containing raw milk and raw meat produced optimal health. Cooking the meat or substituting heat-processed milk for raw resulted in heterogeneous reproduction and physical degeneration, increasing with each generation. Behavioral characteristics, arthritis, sterility, skeletal deformities and allergies are some of the problems that are associated with the consumption of cooked foods. |
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Covers the pros and cons of commercial and raw food diets and the choices available in pet nutrition.
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Before You Try a Raw Food Diet for Your Cat |
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Cats' digestive systems are finely tuned to handle things humans can't. Their stomachs have a highly acidic environment, which is an excellent deterrent to ingested bacteria. In the wild, cats sometimes eat some pretty putrid stuff with no ill effects. However, there are steps you can take if you have concerns about salmonella, e coli, or other bacteria. Avoid packaged supermarket ground beef. Buy "free-range" meat and poultry. Add probiotics. Use safe handling procedures. |
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BARF (Bones and Raw Food Diet) For Beginners |
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Top fifty most frequently asked BARF (Bones and Raw Food Diet) questions. |
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Raw Feeding FAQ |
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Common questions about raw food diets. |
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Feline Nutrition: Cats Are Carnivores |
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Thoroughly covers all aspects of cat nutrition and compares the specific nutrtional needs of cats to the nutrition found in dry and canned cat foods. The cat thrives with very little, if any, direct ingestion of plant material. Cats do not have a dietary requirement for carbohydrates. The cat needs proportionally more protein in its diet compared to other mammals. Cats ingest not only the flesh and organs of their prey but also the partially and wholly digested vegetable foods the prey had eaten. With the assistance of the prey's own digestive processes, the cat then is able to derive nutrition from various vegetable sources.
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The Raw Cat Food Recipes |
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Some options and recipes when preparing raw food meals for cats. Grains are not only not necessary in a cat's diet, they can actually cause irritation in the gut. If nothing else, please consider removing grains from your cats' food whether you feed commercial or a home-made diet. |
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Pet Basic High pH Therapy |
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High pH Therapy in general focuses on "alkalizing" the body through specific diet changes and mineral supplements to improve immune system function. |
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Key words for internet research: raw meat diet, raw diet for cats, raw diet for dogs, BARF diet, fresh pet food, frozen pet food, homemade pet food, cat nutrition, dog nutrition, cat food recipes, dog food recipes
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*Statements on this website have NOT been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are NOT intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease; research is ongoing. The information provided on this website comes from a variety of online sources. Please refer to the "More Information On..." links near the bottom of each of our website pages to view these information sources. READ FULL DISCLAIMER HERE
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