There is a story on CNN video portion about the death of a 17 yr old athlete from Staten Island who died as a result of Ben Gay overuse/toxicity.
Ben Gay has 30% methyl salicylate in it, and it appears that she did not excrete the product normally and it built up in her system. This is considered quite rare. I also wonder if she was often dehydrated, with her extreme
athletic behaviors.
You can view the video here:
http://www.cnn.com/
Since some posters do use creams on their PN, I thought I'd put this up.
We have had posts in the past on favorite rubs.
The video did not say if she used oral aspirin or NSAIDs and that would be important information to have.
The most useful ingredient in rubs for PN I believe is menthol. I use Biofreeze myself. But I do use Salonpas occasionally for my arthritis pain..and that does have the salicylate in it. So users of products with methyl salicylate should
be careful not to overdo.
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