For a few months last year, the pain relief cream ALCiS was one of the painfully small number of advertisers who choose to place ads on SportsGeezer. Like many advertising deals, this one included a liberal quantity of the product and some above-the-board encouragement to try it, like it, and write about it. But Geezer never did write about ALCiS, largely because when he tried it (to relieve elbow pain from playing too much squash), he thought it provided some relief, but he wasn't 100 percent persuaded that it relieved pain better than his pain reliever of choice–caffeine--taken in very strong coffee.
Now comes a piece in the New York Times, citing the experience of a 56-year-old retired tennis pro who "experimented with different over-the-counter sports creams for more
than five years in the hope that one might ease the pain she had
suffered since having knee-replacement surgery." Nothing worked, the tennis pro claimed, until she came upon ALCiS.
Could Geezer be wrong? Maybe. Maybe not. The Times piece goes on to say that "studies have found only limited evidence that over-the-counter topical
analgesics are helpful for any type of pain. The research is so minimal
and inconclusive that doctors at the Sports Medicine Center at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota refused to comment on the efficacy of topical analgesics,
saying in an e-mail message, 'There is no science to either support or
refute the effectiveness' of the products."
Read more in the New York Times about topical pain relievers that may or may not work.
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ive been a pharmacist for 40 years, there has been nothing new in 40 years,, lots and lots of advertising but the active ingredients are the same old thing.. WOW a new mericle “ALCiS” ingredients are herbs, clasified by the fda as food, no proof is needed for any claim… big companies now pay both tv news and papers to run miracle cure ads.. millions of people have cronic pain and will shell out big money to try your product..the old snake oil medicine man is well and alive in todays world.
i doubt if any one of them work i’ve tried them all just about i rub it in the place that hurts they say tell you it will start to work in 15 minutes but a hour later the pain is just as bad its like you never used it at all i’ve tried sports cream they don’t work either so all i know they all lie real good about their productbut some of them take just a little pain away but not so that you can say it works good i’ve used the name brand creamm to they all need to tell the truth about their products
the only thing I’ve found that even comes close to working is some stuff called Blue Goo. This stuff at least gives enough relief to sleep and that is the best medicine. It also relieves muscle cramps and spasms. The other stuff I’ve tried does help some, but not like Blue Goo.
On my opinion, pain reliever that are taken orally are still the most effective because it works directly to the brain by blocking the signal of pain that coming to the brain.
pain medications such as analgesic can be addicted if you are not compatible with the medications. however there are many alternative pain relief medications such as acupuncture, physical therapy and even Hypnosis can help to cure the pain.