 Hello my beautiful internet friends and welcome back. So first of all, thank you so much to everyone who left such loving Wonderful comments on yesterday's video. I was pretty nervous to post that and you guys have just been lovely But today we are going to tackle a topic that I've not actually seen a lot of information about and I've been pretty curious about for years Which is pain compound cream You don't know what pain compound creams are don't worry because I didn't either for quite some time There's sort of a newer thing in the medical field medical world Essentially what they are is they're topical creams that are medical grade doctors have to order them They're specially made by special pharmacies this one for instance was made by sunshine pharmacy Which I believe in the mountains of Colorado If you don't know what's been going on my leg since my last surgery back in March I've had nerve pain. That's just been made it impossible for me to use my prosthetic leg And there's also been just mounting more pain. It looks like more things are developing It almost looks like the burst is coming back So essentially my doctor prescribed this to me to help treat the pain to hopefully calm things down So that we can get back to a place where I could actually start learning to walk again. So I've had this for a couple days I've used it a couple times does it work I also looked into studies recently on these to see if they're more placebo effect or if they really are effective And this one for instance has ketamine as the main ingredient is 15% Gabapentin 6% Cyclocybazinoprene, I'm sure I said that wrong 2% Tetraxine and Diaclophanax Good thing I'm not a pharmacist because I did not say most of those words correctly The thing with these creams is that they have really strong medications in them for instance This is 15% ketamine. Ketamine is a really strong drug, but the cool thing about it is you're not actually ingesting it It's not going into your body. You're not swallowing it It's not gonna affect you like someone injecting ketamine into you. Gabapentin Which is another ingredient can really mess with your head a lot of people have negative side effects to it But applied topically it might not affect you the same way Side note that is not to say that if you've had any issue with internal medications You should put them on topically talk to your doctor Don't listen to anything I say over anything your doctor says talk to them about this But in this case I was prescribed this to hopefully help they come with a handy-dandy dosing card And I'm supposed to use this twice a day I have actually had topical Pain compound creams before years ago the problem is that my insurance stopped covering it I used to have a pain compound cream for my neck. I would get shipped like six bottles of it from Florida I don't actually even remember what was in it This was a couple years ago until my insurance stopped covering it And this was about the time that I believe a lot of insurance companies stopped covering pain compound creams And it went from being like five bucks to being over a thousand dollars And there was no way that I could ever afford that and it helped like it helped a little bit It did not take pain away by any means, but it kind of produced a numbing effect So it was helpful. It was a bomber that that was taken away, but I found other ways to deal So when he suggested this cream my first question of course is this is going to break the bank and it's not cheap This little bottle right here was a hundred and forty five dollars. He initially prescribed two That was going to be just shot you 300 dollars So I thought you know what let's just give it a shot first and see how it goes So let's go ahead and put some on and I'll walk you through kind of the sensation as it sets in So this is my shrinker here. I'm going to go ahead and take that off This is the affected area essentially. There's a lot of pain centralized here and then also over here So using the dosing card you should use about that much So then I am just going to rub this in really thoroughly Then make sure you go wash your hands because that stuff is powerful So the first one I noticed when I first put this on is that I didn't really feel anything But that was like within the first few seconds. It does take a minute or two to set in So the very first time I put it on It probably took about five minutes until I noticed any effect and it was kind of just like a numbing Like it just wasn't as intense actually touching the skin. You don't feel it as intensely It's like there's almost like a tiny little bit of a barrier between you and what you were feeling previously But I'm gonna go ahead and say it's a tiny little barrier. It's not something that I'd really go out of my way to do It's almost like the trouble of actually getting it out Putting it on washing my hands negates the help that it gives by relieving any pain The pain relief is very minimal for me with this particular compound But that's the thing with pain compound creams. There are so many different varieties You can literally mix any kind of medication. That's one of the reasons that they're so expensive Is because they are all completely custom. Now as promised, I also did look into some studies about this This particular study came out of the walter reed national military medical center and what they found essentially is that Between a placebo and the actual pain relief cream. There wasn't a huge difference They studied long-term pain patients and acute pain patients and what they found and I will link the study below is that There wasn't that much of a difference that the benefits were minimal if any in this study They did actually try a couple different kinds of compounds and that is what they found Like I said, I will link the study below. So check it out yourselves That is not to say that this doesn't help some people For instance the the compound cream that I had years ago It was a different mix of medications and it really did something for me Now whether that was a placebo effect or not, I can't tell you But I can't tell you that it was helpful enough that I used it multiple times every day Now this on the other hand I will probably use if it's around and I feel like using it and getting up and washing my hands and all of that But it it really doesn't do all that much unfortunately. That is my experience with pain compound creams I'm curious what yours are. Have you ever been prescribed it? Have you ever had it? Do you think that it's worth the expense? One of the biggest issues in my opinion with pain compound creams is that insurance companies don't cover them And that makes it so expensive like if this worked really well This should last me about two weeks So it'd be just about three hundred dollars a month that I'd have to pay out of pocket just for this That would throw off anybody's budget So while this sounds like a promising option and maybe they'll come up with better ways to use it long term My experience is that it's not super worth it that it's too expensive for what it is I am grateful for the chance to try it, but I would not necessarily recommend it to anybody But hey, if your doctor prescribes something like this and you have the financial ability to try it Give it a shot. It can work for you. It does work for some people Like I said the one I had before worked well for me and I I wish I could remember what was in that one Let me know your comments in the comment section down below. I look forward to chatting with you guys there Especially big thank you goes out to all of my patrons. You guys are amazing. Our patron of the day today is sunday bret Thank you sunday so much for helping me out for your continued support You've been a patron for quite some time now and I I noticed and I really appreciate that Thanks guys for listening. I look forward to seeing you my next video Again, thank you for sticking with me this week. It's been a pretty rough week I know the video I released most recently was a lot more real and a lot more raw than I am super comfortable being And the response that you guys had was so incredibly loving and supportive and I haven't had a chance to respond to everybody's comment But I can tell you that I have read every single one of your comments your stories I know more than ever that I'm not alone when I'm feeling and please know that if you're dealing with depression You are not alone. You're not the only one feeling like you're feeling you're not crazy There's definitely help out there and it does get better and I'm in the midst of finding what better looks like myself Because some days are better than others and today's today's an okay day So I'm gonna hop back to what I need to get to but I want to take a moment today to share with you guys my thoughts on Pain relieving compound cream And give it a two out of ten. Thanks guys for listening. I'll talk to you soon I'll see you in the next video. Love you guys. Bye