Sore muscles

What has become an even greater concern in recent years is the phenomenon known as multiple chemical sensitivity disorder triggered by exposures to many chemicals in the environment. Synthetic chemicals are all around us. They are in the products we use, in the clothes we wear, in the food we eat, in the air we breathe at work. Because chemicals are everywhere in the environment, it is not possible to escape exposure. For this reason many people have become sensitized to the chemicals around them. In fact, it is estimated that 15% of the population has become sensitized to common household and commercial products. For some people the sensitization is not too serious a problem. They may have what appears to be a minor allergy to one or more chemicals. Other people are much more seriously affected. They may feel tired all the time, and suffer from mental confusion, breathing problems, sore muscles, and a weakened immune system. Such people suffer from a condition known as Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). 

Menthol is a mild anesthetic and anti-irritant. It causes a cool sensation on the skin, by activating the peripheral cold receptors. It is used in cigarettes, and in topical creams for the relief of sore muscles. It also is used in cough drops, aftershave lotions, inhalers, and cooling gels. 

Prednisolone [Corticosteroid] [See Steroids and Table VI-1] Interactions T Effects W/ clarithromycin, erythromycin, estrogen, ketoconazole, OCPs, troleandomycin X effects W/ antacids, aminoglutethimide, barbiturates, cholestyramine, colestipol, phenytoin, rifampin X effects OF anticoagulants, hypoglycemics, INH, salicylates, vaccine toxoids EMS Infxns may be masked OD May cause wt gain, T hair growth, acne, HTN, peripheral edema, and sore muscles symptomatic and supportive... 

N.A. Mustard oil.191 Stimulant, promote urination. Mustard plasters for rheumatism, arthritis, chest congestion, aching backs, sore muscles. 

Baccharis saathroides A tea made by boiling the twigs of B. saathroides is taken as a remedy for colds. The same tea is rubbed on sore muscles for relief. 

When muscles work too hard, lactic acid builds up in the muscles and this is the process that makes them sore (muscle fatigue). Once muscles form lactic acid, they can t do anything else with it. Once the oxygen supply becomes adequate again, some of the lactic acid is converted back to pyruvate and broken down to carbon dioxide and water. The rest is carried away from the muscles by the blood and eventually converted by the liver back to glucose. Once the lactic acid is removed, the muscles no longer hurt. This is why rest is the best way to recover from hard work or exercise. 

Used as a counterirritant in sore muscles, bruises, sprains, and strains... 

Since salicylic acid has both an alcohol functional group and a carboxylic acid functional group, it can undergo two different esterification reactions depending on which functional group reacts. For example, when treated with ethanoic acid (acetic acid), salicylic acid behaves as an alcohol and the ester produced is acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). On the other hand, when reacted with methanol, salicylic acid behaves as an acid and the ester methyl salicylate (oil of wintergreen) is produced. Methyl salicylate is also an analgesic and part of the formulation of many liniments for sore muscles. What are the structures of acetylsalicylic acid and methyl salicylate ... 

Pyruvic acid is formed during the metabolism of glucose. During periods of strenuous exercise, when there is insufficient oxygen to metabolize pyruvic acid to CO2, pyruvic acid is reduced to lactic acid. The tired feeling of sore muscles is a result of lactic acid accumulation. 

The ability of the body to metabolize, or break down, lactic acid is decreased significantly by alcohol, which impairs the liver s ability to carry out normal metabolic reactions. Thus, alcoholics often have sore muscles from lactic acid build up that was not caused by exercise. Lactic acid can also lead to a build-up of uric acid crystals in the joints, since lactic acid reduces the elimination of uric acid and related compounds. This build-up can lead to gout, a very painful disease. 

Sometimes people get sore muscles from a buildup of lactic acid in their muscles. Milk that spoils also makes lactic acid. 

Body Care Just for Men, by Jim Long. Offers dozens of health and grooming tips for skin protection, sore muscle relief, aftershaves, tonics, and more. Includes simple herbal treatments for common ailments such as sprains, cuts, abrasions, athlete s foot, jock itch, and oily/dry hair. 144 pages. Paperback. ISBN 1-58017-183-4. 

Beautiful Bath Bath Gel (U.S.) Freeman French vanilla and tangerine Calms and soothes a tense body and sore muscles. Leaves skin soft, smooth, and radiant... 

St. John s Wort For fungal infections, oily hair, dandruff, sinusitis, sore muscles... 

Identification of the function of the product. The label tells a potential user what the product is supposed to do ( relief of sore muscle s ache, contact adhesive, oxidizer, etc.). 

Two herbs that have been used for centuries to treat headaches, fever, sore muscles, and rheumatism are white willow bark and meadowsweet, commonly described as Nature s aspirin. White willow bark Salix alba) contains salicin, a glycoside of salicylic acid. Once in the stomach, the salicin hydrolyzes into salicylic acid, which is the active principle for reducing pain and fever. White willow bark has been mentioned in ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, and Chinese manuscripts, and it was used to treat pain and fever by the ancient physicians Galen, Hippocrates, and Dioscorides. Native Americans used it for headaches, fever, sore muscles, rheumatism, and chills. In the mid-1700s, it was used to treat malaria. Salicin was isolated and identified in the early 1830s, but it was not conclusively shown to reduce the aches and soreness of rheumatism until 1874. White willow bark is recommended for headaches, backache, nerve pain, toothache, and injuries. 

Richardson was not the first person to realize menthol s potential in pharmaceutical products. That honor goes to Jules Bengue, the French pharmacist who had created Ben-Gay as a treatment for sore muscles. Bengue had noted that menthol produced heat when you rubbed it on your skin. He combined it with the painkiller methyl salicylate and sold the concoction as a treatment for arthritis, gout, and neuralgia. Some Ben-Gay users with colds reported that sniffing the product cleared their sinuses. 

During periods of strenuous exercise, the buildup of lactic acid [CH3CH(0H)C02H] causes the aching feeling in sore muscles. Convert this condensed structure to a Lewis structure of lactic acid. 

A hot-water bottle contains 725 g of water at 65 °C. If the water cools to body temperature (37 °C), how many kilojoules of heat could be transferred to sore muscles (3.5)... 

There are two isomers of CjHgO—n-propyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol. Isopropyl alcohol commoifly is sold as rubbing alcohol and consists of a solution that is 70 percent alcohol and 30 percent water. Rubbing alcohol gets its name because it can be rubbed on sore muscles to relieve pain. Rubbing alcohol also is a good antiseptic and is often used by doctors and nurses to disinfect a patient s skin prior to injection with a hypodermic needle. 

Traditional Medicine. Reportedly used internally as a diuretic and externally to treat sore muscles, abscesses, and swellings flowers used in hair rinses for their lightening and brightening effects (lust, rose, uphof). 

Traditional Medicine. Used as a tonic, diaphoretic, and diuretic as well as in removing and preventing kidney and bladder stones. Used in American Indian tradition as diuretic, cathartic, emetic externally bark for wounds, burns, sore muscles, sprains folk cancer remedy (foster and duke). 

Acute lead poisoning in humans may cause severe dysfunction of the kidney, reproductive system, liver, brain, and central nervous system leading to sickness or death. Lead poisoning from environmental exposure is thought to have caused mental retardation in many children. Mild lead poisoning causes anemia. The victim may have headaches and sore muscles, and may feel generally fatigued and irritable. 

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