Guest guest Posted December 3, 2001 Report Share Posted December 3, 2001 " There's a cream called DMSO, ... smells like roses (no medicinal odor) " Well, if it smells like roses it definitely has had the " smell " added to it to mask its' true chemical odor. Dimethyl sulfoxide has long been used in the equine (horse) industry. It has a very distinct chemical odor that one can easily pick out when around animals medicated with it. Also humans using it often develop a " DMSO smell " about them. It also is a great carrying agent to get what ever medicines & /or lineaments into the deep tissue, thus we ALWAYS wear rubber gloves when applying DMSO onto the horses, otherwise we shall be heavily dosing ourselves with both the DMSO & what ever DRUG vet has prescribed. If one does not use rubber gloves when applying straight DMSO the most common complaint is a foul taste in the mouth. For years DMSO was banned from human use so folks went to the feed stores to buy it for personal use. It is very inexpensive. It is sort of one of those cure all, " I was dying & now I am not " drugs. When a horse broke my ankle the surgeon even told me to use DMSO on it to help with a tough time of healing. Vache Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 DMSO is used commonly as a pathway for taking other substances quickly into the body, and is used mostly in the horse market. It is even used IV in horses w/ laminitis because of it's intense and rapid anti inflammatory benefits. Interestingly it is a by product of wood pulping! Here is more info below from wikipedia. Dana Dimethyl sulfoxide IUPAC name [show] Dimethyl sulfoxide Other names Methyl sulfoxidemethylsulfinylmethaneDMSO Identifiers CAS number 67-68-5 RTECS number PV6210000 SMILES [show] CS©=O ChemSpider ID 659 Properties Molecular formula C2H6OS Molar mass 78.13 g/mol Appearance Clear, colorless liquid Density 1.1004 g/cm3, liquid Melting point 18.5 °C (292 K) Boiling point 189 °C (462 K) Solubility in water Miscible Acidity (pKa) 35 Refractive index (nD) 1.479år = 48 Viscosity 1.996 cP at 20 °C Structure Dipole moment 3.96 D Hazards MSDS External MSDS MSDS Oxford MSDS Main hazards Irritant (Xi), Flammable (F) NFPA 704 2 1 0 R-phrases R36/37/38 S-phrases S26, S37/39 Flash point 89 °C Related compounds Related sulfoxides diethyl sulfoxide Related compounds sodium methylsulfinylmethylide,dimethyl sulfide,dimethyl sulfone,acetone Supplementary data page Structure andproperties n, år, etc. Thermodynamicdata Phase behaviourSolid, liquid, gas Spectral data UV, IR, NMR, MS Except where noted otherwise, data are given formaterials in their standard state(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)Infobox references Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is the chemical compound with the formula (CH3)2SO. It was first synthesized in 1866 by the Russian scientist Alexander Saytzeff, who reported his findings in a German chemistry journal in 1867.[1][2] This colorless liquid is an important polar aprotic s Dimethyl sulfoxide IUPAC name [show] Dimethyl sulfoxide Other names Methyl sulfoxidemethylsulfinylmethaneDMSO Identifiers CAS number 67-68-5 RTECS number PV6210000 SMILES [show] CS©=O ChemSpider ID 659 Properties Molecular formula C2H6OS Molar mass 78.13 g/mol Appearance Clear, colorless liquid Density 1.1004 g/cm3, liquid Melting point 18.5 °C (292 K) Boiling point 189 °C (462 K) Solubility in water Miscible Acidity (pKa) 35 Refractive index (nD) 1.479år = 48 Viscosity 1.996 cP at 20 °C Structure Dipole moment 3.96 D Hazards MSDS External MSDS MSDS Oxford MSDS Main hazards Irritant (Xi), Flammable (F) NFPA 704 2 1 0 R-phrases R36/37/38 S-phrases S26, S37/39 Flash point 89 °C Related compounds Related sulfoxides diethyl sulfoxide Related compounds sodium methylsulfinylmethylide,dimethyl sulfide,dimethyl sulfone,acetone Supplementary data page Structure andproperties n, år, etc. Thermodynamicdata Phase behaviourSolid, liquid, gas Spectral data UV, IR, NMR, MS Except where noted otherwise, data are given formaterials in their standard state(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)Infobox references Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is the chemical compound with the formula (CH3)2SO. It was first synthesized in 1866 by the Russian scientist Alexander Saytzeff, who reported his findings in a German chemistry journal in 1867.[1][2] This colorless liquid is an important polar aprotic solvent that dissolves both polar and nonpolar compounds and is miscible in a wide range of organic solvents as well as water. It has a distinctive property of penetrating the skin very readily, so that one can taste it soon after it comes into contact with the skin. Its taste has been described as oyster- or garlic-like.olvent that dissolves both polar and nonpolar compounds and is miscible in a wide range of organic solvents as well as water. It has a distinctive property of penetrating the skin very readily, so that one can taste it soon after it comes into contact with the skin. Its taste has been described as oyster- or garlic-like.--- On Sat, 2/7/09, Hugh Ramsdell <hughman73 wrote: Hugh Ramsdell <hughman73Re: Arthritis Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 5:54 PM DiMethylSulfOxide T M <gettinghealthier@ gmail.com>Saturday, February 7, 2009 5:04:21 PMRe: [Health_and_ Healing] Arthritis What is DMSO please? Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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