06-02-2020, 11:06 AM
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Re: Voltarol Yes or No?
Originally Posted by Baz46
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I always check before taking or using any medication. Some of that type of medication reduces the effects of medication I already take which I had not realised.Voltarol is also known by another name, diclofenac, so check with your doctor, pharmacist or on the NHS website for side effects it may have with any existing medication you may already be taking:
https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/diclofenac/
Voltarol, or the Voltarol Marge uses, is applied topically.
The active ingredient will therefore enter the system in different ways and with different results.
06-02-2020, 12:50 PM
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I have very occasional back spasms which can last a couple of days. Back when it was available without prescription, Diclofenac capsules would sort it almost immediately. Since it was banned from over-the-counter- sales, I have tried Voltarol cream, but it has been totally ineffective. The only thing which touches it, is Ibruprofen, but it takes a long time (usually overnight) before it has any effect.
06-02-2020, 01:12 PM
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Re: Voltarol Yes or No?
Originally Posted by JBR
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Diclofenac is in the form of tablets or capsules.Voltarol, or the Voltarol Marge uses, is applied topically.
The active ingredient will therefore enter the system in different ways and with different results.
Solve the knee problem with its obvious problem but perhaps then unknowingly have high blood pressure, which had previously caused a heart attack? I just took the advice and was prescribed another type of gel without that risk. Another one I cannot use (or take) with my existing medication is anything containing Ibuprofen.
06-02-2020, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Longdogs
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It's interesting to hear that a cream can affect existing medication (tablets) I have never even considered it before.
06-02-2020, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Baz46
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I wondered the same but the GP and pharmacists since then have said that it is absorbed into our bodies and systems, so can affect existing medication, in the same way that tablets or liquids can. Who am I to argue with that?
06-02-2020, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Baz46
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I wondered the same but the GP and pharmacists since then have said that it is absorbed into our bodies and systems, so can affect existing medication, in the same way that tablets or liquids can. Who am I to argue with that?
True, Baz. Same as if you taking say Ibruprofin for example, don't use the cream as well as it is almost like doubling up.
The problems I came up against in the past were that if you want to try some herbal products, or homeopathy, the GP's (and Pharmacists) are not trained in these type of remedies, so cannot usually tell you how their drugs will react with them.
One day I came across an interesting book about Drug/Herb/ and even Vitamin reactions together.
Some remedies can reduce the actions of drugs, and others can increase them, so it's best to do some homework before mixing things.
So often I hear someone say . . "But it's only natural, it can't hurt you", and they don't understand it can depend on what else you are taking as well.
06-02-2020, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by EZ Rider
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Has anyone any experience of Voltarol? My wife has Osteoarthritis in one knee which is extremely painful yet apparently not painful enough to qualify for an operation. I'm thinking Voltarol must be worth a try but is it?
I am prescribes lansoprazole alongside the gel as I have reflux to start with and the gel certainly does help to some degree.
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