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References DMSO

WARNING
Possible side
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Dimethyl_sulfoxide
Dimethyl
effects include Sulfoxide
http://evidence-based-
Dry Skin science.blogspot.com.au/2008/
01/dmso.html
Headache
Dizziness
https://cameochemicals.noaa.
Drowsiness gov/chemical/8559
Nausea
Breathing http://www.rxlist.com/dmso_di
problems methylsulfoxide/supplements.h
Vision tm#OtherNames
problems
Blood
problems
AND
Allergic
reactions
MEDICAL USES
FAST FACTS

The use of DMSO in medicine dates


from around 1963, when an Oregon
Health & Science University Medical
Boiling temp. 189 degrees c School team, headed by Stanley
Been used commercially since Jacob, discovered it could penetrate
1963 the skin and other membranes
Comes in the form of a clear without damaging them and could
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a
liquid carry other compounds into a
by-product of the wood pulping
Used as pain killer biological system.
(or papermaking) industry and
After contact with skin, the
has been in use as a commercial DMSO can be used to carry
subject might experience a
solvent since 1963. other drugs across the
garlic like taste in the back of
skin, such as steroids,
It is a clear liquid which is their throat
penicillin and cortisone.
prescribed for many different DMSO Is marketed as an
ailments, including pain, Alternative medicine
inflammation and scleroderma, DMSO is commonly used in
because of its ability to penetrate veterinary medicine to carry
biological membranes. other ingredients across skin
DMSO is non-toxic
It has a distinctive property of DMSO can explode when
penetrating the skin very readily, exposed to acyl chlorides.
allowing the handler to taste it. DMSO is also known as The vapors of DMSO are
Some describe it as an "oyster- heavier than air
Dimethyl sulfoxide.
like" taste, others claim it tastes
like garlic.

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