Voltaren Gel. Has anyone tried this? (flea, cheap, very expensive, cost)

[Flamingo13]

Since this was resurrected after so many yrs. - I have had a prescription for it for yrs. for the osteoarthritis in my hand. I ONLY use it when nothing else works - sometimes I just use the OTC cream I get from CVS that kind of works, and only then when it's really bad) - read the instructions (IF anyone is still following this, can't read the previous post - ingredients are absorbed into your body, use very sparingly, etc. Personally I only use this MAYBE a couple times a yr.

[Dawter]

Just last week my Doc gave me a prescription for the pills. Doc says I have arthritis in my foot.
I did find the gel on eBay bought some fairly cheap and it works.

[jaminhealth]

Originally Posted by Dawter

Just last week my Doc gave me a prescription for the pills. Doc says I have arthritis in my foot.
I did find the gel on eBay bought some fairly cheap and it works.

You found the script gel on ebay? Was it used and someone selling it. ebay is not a pharmacy.
OK, I found it, it's from Poland and they can somehow sell it here.

[Bungalove]

I love Voltaren gel. I use it on my lower back almost daily and also on my knees. When I was transitioning from the ICU to rehab after my recent heart attack, I strained a muscle in my left side shifting around in the hospital bed. This set off a series of muscles spasms in my left shoulder and down my left side. Fortunately I had my "home" prescription for the Voltaren gel so the rehab facility could order it for me to be used there. The nurses would apply it four times a day and at night follow the application with a warmed blanket. That would allow me to sleep on the uncomfortable bed with some relief from the spasms and pain. By the end of my week in rehab the spasms were completely gone, for which I was extremely grateful.

[Dawter]

Yes, I got a new tube on eBay and it wasn't expensive. Just search for it. I will come from outside of the US.
I have bought several things on eBay that are normally by prescription only.

[jaminhealth]

Originally Posted by Dawter

Yes, I got a new tube on eBay and it wasn't expensive. Just search for it. I will come from outside of the US.
I have bought several things on eBay that are normally by prescription only.

If this product produced for foreign markets is about the same as the U.S. produced one, we sure do get fleeced pricewise for our drugs...of course, it's a known.

[Dawter]

Fleeced, INDEED!
Comfortis is a monthly pill you give to your dog or cat to keep fleas and ticks away. I bought some from my vet but I had to take my dog for a wellness exam ($45) before they'd sell any to me.
It cost $20 for 1 pill from my vet. I found it on eBay and bought 6 pills for $60. It came from China.

[annabanana123]

I used it when traveling abroad in Europe. It was OTC there and it somewhat helped. I wouldn’t say it was as effective as meloxicam or an opiate but it was better than Tylenol. Never hurts to try and at worst it doesn’t work and you continue the hunt.

I was also using it for bone on bone knee pain so that likely prevented it from working as well as it could have.

[oldgardener]

My husband pays $15 for three tubes of it, insurance covers the rest. He says it takes the edge off the pain.

[jaminhealth]

One pays for that insurance somewhere, if a person opted for Pres D insurance when they bought into Medicare or if they have HMO or. I pay out of pocket for my inexpensive meds and this is not one of them. I have straight medicare PPO. So I'm on my own.

Thinking back I believe Pres D was going to be like $7 a month and that was about 15 yrs ago, wonder what that $7 is today if I had taken it. Even if it had stayed at $7/mon and for 15 yrs I would have paid about $1260 for Pres D. But I know it didn't stay at $7....a tad off topic but it's about the cost of the pain cream and I don't find it's helping much after a couple days. I had hoped for more relief.