There is a componant in voltaren that is responsible for a decline in the vulture population in India - as much as 99%.
Ah, diclofenac, that's the one.
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Use of diclofenac in animals has been reported to have led to a sharp decline in the vulture population in the Indian Subcontinent, a 95% decline in 2003, [28] 99.9% decline as of 2008. The mechanism is, it is presumed, renal failure, a known side effect of diclofenac. Vultures eat the carcasses of livestock that have been administered veterinary diclofenac, and are poisoned by the accumulated chemical, [29] as vultures do not have a particular enzyme to break down diclofenac. |
I have used it in the past (sparingly), but more for muscle pain. I can't say it had any effect on PN pain. Personally I had more luck with Biofreeze. YMMV.