Yes, it is Voltaren. My partner has a topical form of it for her polymyalgia, and she keeps saying that I should try it for my NP. I don't know why I've been so resistant to the idea, but have never tried it just to see. I guess if you were sick from it, you didn't notice any benefits from it, if there were any...?

And I think you're right, mrsD. Just because it's topical doesn't mean that it's always benign. After all, you can get poisoned through your skin with a lot of things. But cy has a good point too--that substances don't go through the exact same systems transdermally as they do orally, and that has to be a useful thing for some applications, like avoiding stomach upset/bleeding, maybe?

Well, day two, and I'm not impressed with this stuff yet, but I'm at least going to give it a chance for a few weeks.