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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

Dave in VA

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3. I used it on my hands

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 11:04 AM

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and it worked great relieving the pain, but after about three months the itching began. My skin was having a reaction to the medication. Stopped using it the pain returned but the itching stopped. Go figure!

Good luck with it though. It did decrease my joint pain while I was able to use the Volteran.

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