I buy some good topicals and also make my own "brews" with some creams as a carrier base, and break up bayer aspirins and they dissolve in the mixes I make up. Also, open caps of white willow bark and add that to my mixes too...this is for topical use. I've never bought aspercream but believe my mixtures help more with pain. Same concept. I add other supps to my mixes too as so many products contains so many things. Using DMSO diluted with distilled water, more for my topicals too.