Another fraud. Most health care professionals have started to join the medical device industry and develop equipments that are nothing more than junk. There are many types of inversion tables and the manufacturers of these devices claim that if you hang upside down or sideways then your back pain will disappear. This is bullshit. It is like saying that if you stand on your head, you will not be able to poop or pee. There are many causes of back pain and not all are due to compression of the nerve or prolapsed disc. So hanging upside down will not do you any good.
If you do not believe me, go to a gym and try out an inversion table. These devices are extremely uncomfortable, prohibitively expensive, take up space and do jackshit for your back. Most likely, the table will end up in your garage.
All over the country, physicians have been injecting Botox for migraines. The only people who claim that Botox works for migraines are the doctors who inject it. The chief reason for this is most likely money. Botox injections for migraine are not reimbursed by Medicare or any health insurance- so it is a cash business. Now finally there is evidence which shows that Botox sucks for migraine. A recent study from England revealed that Botox was no better than a sugar pill. So far, only anecdotal reports exist that Botox works for migraine, but how it works remains a mystery. Experts say the most likely reason Botox worked for a few people is because these individuals never had migraine in the first place. After proper selection of migraine patients, no one benefited from the injections. In some case, Botox injections even made the migraine worse. Botox injections do not come cheap and can cost anywhere from $500-$800 per session and have to be repeated many times. Botox is great for wrinkles but there is little evidence that it can cure your migraine. Therefore, anyone who suggests Botox for migraines is simply trying to rip you off. Go tell them to P..S off.
As far as clinical studies are concerned, there is very little scientific data on MSM. Except for a few animal studies there is little known about it. The only anecdotal data on MSM are made by the manufacturers and dealers. There is not a single individual who has come forward and revealed that his/her back pain, diabetes or arthritis has been cured with MSM.
With regard to MSM and back pain, there is zero evidence that it does anything. In fact the FDA has already warned dealers against making false claims about MSM. No one questions the fact that sulfur is needed by the body but the amounts needed are miniscule.
So for individuals seeking a miracle in MSM, you are going to be disappointed. For the moment, it is nothing more than a scam. And MSM does not come cheap. Ninety capsules cost anywhere from $15-$20 and you can add up the yearly cost. If you have back pain, go to a bona fide health care professional and seek a therapy which works.
The manufacturers of this substance indicate that a single dose of MSM is very rarely effective and the supplement must be taken for at least 21 days or even longer to show any response. In fact they recommend that the higher the dose the better. For back pain, they recommend long term MSM therapy.
The major constituent of MSM is sulfur. Because sulfur is deemed safe there are no restrictions on the recommended dietary allowance. Thus, the manufacturers claim that one can take as much MSM as one wants. This will result in no complications but whether you benefit from it is another story. So far, only people who got suckered into buying this crap had back pain relief but now these individuals have mental problems.
MSM is widely sold in many health food stores, spas and is readily available over the internet. MSM is available as a capsule, tablet, gel, lotion or cream. It is known that MSM does contain sulfur but the other ingredients in the formulation remain unknown. Most of these MSM containing formulations are made in the Orient. Several health supplements from the orient have been known to be spiked with real pharmaceutical drugs and sometimes cardboard and dry wall- so one can only imagine what else this crap contains.
Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) is also known as methyl sulfone. This inert chemical compound is a break down product of dimethlylsulfoxide. MSM has been widely touted to cure arthritis and relieve back pain. The people who advocate this substance for its use in various arthritic conditions claim that it is a miracle product. It is claimed that MSM can cure many medical disorders including snoring, diarrhea, peptic ulcer, allergies, respiratory ailments and arthritis.
All over the internet, almost every seller of MSM makes claims that it can cure almost everything, including your pockets. In fact there is not a disorder that can not be cured with MSM. Some sellers on cyberspace claim that MSM can reverse hair loss, make gonads bigger, increase libido, heal varicose veins, diminish allergies, keep skin young, remove acne, diabetes, carpal tunnel syndrome, lupus, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, parasites, muscle cramps, migraine, and keep you looking young- and this is only a partial list of what MSM can do. Based on this information, any person with a tiny bit of common sense should be able to see that MSM is nothing but CRAP. For those who like crap, the recommended dose of MSM is 0.5-1 mg/kg per day.
Millions of women faithfully drink cranberry juice and swear that it does wonders for their urinary tract infections (UTI). Cranberry juice is sold in many pharmacies, health food and grocery stores. For decades, women have consumed millions of gallons of this juice in the hope of preventing a urinary tract infection and this advice had been passed down many generations. Urinary tract infections affect nearly 10-15 percent of young women each year. The traditional method of treatment is antibiotics and the sale of these drugs alone is worth billions of dollars to the drug industry. Now, there is evidence that cranberry juice does jack shit.
For many years researchers have been looking at ways to prevent urinary tract infections. This is because antibiotics are expensive, have many side effects and over time, the bacteria develop resistance to the drugs. This was the prime reason why cranberry juice caught on very fast. Thirty years ago, a few reports revealed that perhaps cranberry juice was an excellent product in preventing urinary tract infections and this myth held until the latest study. All these years, no one had actually done a decent study to determine the efficacy of cranberry juice. This double blind study included 319 healthy college women who were diagnosed with a UTI. The women were followed for many months. Some women were administered a sugar pill and others were given cranberry juice. The study revealed that women who drank cranberry juice had higher recurrence rates then those who took the sugar pill. Cranberry juice had no impact on symptoms either. So what should women do to prevent urinary tract infections? Experts say that the best way to prevent UTI is to maintain good genital hygiene, drink lots of water and urinating soon after intercourse- or better still abstain from sex altogether.
