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Originally Posted by icelander View Post
I did, that's what inspired me to post some things that have been helpful to me. My compounded cream has lidocaine in it. However on a comparative basis I find that menthol works as well for me as straight lidocaine.

It's so strange to me how one thing won't do it for one person and another swears by it.
Sometimes it depends on where the topical is applied. Applied where the main nerves do not exist, but only the sensation, the medications do not reach the proper target.

I have had great successes with topicals. But I also have a clear knowledge of anatomy.
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