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The problem is not from putting these products on the skin (which is a good first line barrier to larger molecules) but on the lips. Very small amounts of substances (not Vaseline, but other "derivatives" per the article)applied to the lips would be ingested. And then affect the liver, etc.

Bizarre things happen here in the US system: separate health systems which are private get ratings by their clients. This can result in over-prescribing of antibiotics per patient request. It's a consumer driven meausres of "quality" which aren't, necessarily. Then these separate private health...

Comparison of GP (UK) to Family Practice MDs (US) in 1999. https://www.jabfm.org/content/jabfp/12/2/162.full.pdf I didn't know that in UK you go into 5 yrs of medical school directly after finishing secondary school. In the US, after secondary school, you go to uni for 4 years--you usually do...

Here in the US, the starting pay for an anesthesiologist is about 400K/annum). Being a family physician (GP) is also a specialty (requires 3 additional years in a residency program after the internship year post medical school) but the starting pay varies, per region, but is probably in the 200k...

A major factor behind the rise in traditional Chinese Medicine published research studies is: that the current Chinese government has been actively promoting TCM (see any internet search) to boost their goal of political nationalism, to highlight Chinese civilization for their political agenda...

Made my (FM+) pain worse. When touch is painful, a needle is, too.

Propublica article about unregulated lab tests in the US. High risk tests (such as prenatal genetic testing, rare diseases) that are unvalided will have to meet FDA requirements in 2027. Unvalidated moderate and low risk lab tests in 2028...

Could be an interesting finding, but my first impression is that it's an association of no import. Also, in the conclusion the data's main function is to support the therapeutic efficacy of MT, manual pressure point massage therapy, their product/procedure. I find that tender points (which...

I emailed a renown FM nurse researcher last week and she told me that big pharma has shrunk back massively from FM research. Their big push is dementia drugs. The huge cohort of baby boomers and the substantial rate of dementia in the elderly = potential for massive profits. Duloxetin, the...

Not an effective drug for FM, prescribed often in the USA, but patients taper off when it stops working for pain, if it ever did, and because of big side effect profile. Repurposing the drug---hope it helps those with dementia.

I wish Tonix would give up on that. They've been at the sublingual flexeril for FM treatment for YEARS showing nil to poor efficacy.

Testing done on mice.

Uh, duh, yeah. Duty to report. If you didn't report, wouldn't you be liable (and liable to lose your license to practice?)

I have taken a quarter of a 1mg pill of clonazepam PRN whenver I can't fall sleep on Trazodone (25-50mg). I have done so for 20-some years without any issues of habituation that I can tell. If concerned about that or if you require higher doses, why not employ two different sleep inducing drugs...

I was just going to say that @Trish To nadir...sounds like a something a duck might do.

That psychopathic end result is quite chilling--all those deaths. I wondered why beta-blockers used to be seen as innocent drugs. Not so anymore. The docs and research establishment protect their own, if not a true cover-up, it's sweeping it under multiple rugs until disintegrated into old dust.

Re: Burning thigh muscles after walking: Today @Kitty I walked in the park for 20 min, with some resting, and just standing to interrupt the step, step, step use of the same muscles. Some slow walking as well. Also stood, mostly, for an enjoyable extended conversation x15 min. At home, the...

@Kitty: I'm a coffee freak (light roast, single origin, currently Ethiopian) and I am forever drinking and refilling my glass of water, so I discount dehydration in my muscles as a cause for burning and heaviness. I am extra hydrated on hot days and take cooling measures. I have knee...

Well searching on the University of California at San Francisco Medical School, I would have to call them, and it's not warranted I think. My muscle burning at age 73 is probably just a worsening due to many factors associated with FM and aging. It's hard to accept less function as you age when...

Thank you @Snow Leopard for this resource. I am plagued by a recent and ongoing decrease in thigh muscle function (heaviness, burning, aching) during my walks in nature. My pain drugs and over the counter treatments: capsaicin cream (hot peppers), tizanidine, hot packs, hot bath friction...