The Miracle of MSM: The Natural Solution for Pain

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Penguin, Dec 1, 1999 - Health & Fitness - 272 pages
"Here is something natural, a supplement that appears to be safe and is helping many people. Why shouldn't you be one of them?"—William Regelson, M.D., co-author of The Melatonin Miracle

MSM, or methylsulfonylmethane, is the first safe, natural, side-effect-free remedy for many types of pain and inflammatory conditions. In this authoritative look at MSM, Drs. Stanley Jacob and Ronald Lawrence reveal how to tap into the benefits of this amazing "miracle" compound. Experienced in the successful treatment of thousands of patients for pain, they explain how to take MSM—how much, when, with what foods, and in what form—to relieve pain in its many varieties, including:

  • Degenerative arthritis
  • Chronic back pain
  • Chronic headache
  • Muscle pain
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Tendintis and bursitis
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • TMJ
  • Post-traumatic pain and inflammation
  • Allergies
  • and more

 

Contents

Amazing MSM
3
Roots of MSMThe DMSO Connection
17
How to Take MSM
40
MSM and Pain
51
MSM and Inflammation
69
How MSM Helps Relieve Common Pain Problems
79
Arthritis Osteoarthritis
81
Back Pain
98
Muscle Pain and Athletic Injuries
122
Tendinitis
133
How MSM Helps Relieve Your Allergies
159
How MSM Helps Relieve Other Pain Problems
189
Appendix A Extra Benefits
215
Appendix B Truth or FictionSifting Through
225
Selected References
235
Index
245

Headaches
107
Fibromyalgia
114

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About the author (1999)

Stanley W. Jacob, MD, was the director of the DMSO clinic and the Gerlinger professor of surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. He was the author of The Miracle of MSM. He passed away shortly after his 91st birthday.

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