Hi
Wondered if anyone else has tried this.

The lady I referred to had used real horse liniment she got from a vet. Ten years later she has not any progression of her DC and to my knowledge has not suffered any side effects to the liniment.

I personally used a liniment product that was a modification of horse liniment, designed into a product for human use. It is a well known product in Canada where I am from and sold in drug stores. No prescription is necessary for it. I am not sure what the ingredients are that it consists of.

Vikingorigins you had also responded with a warning about being careful of the class of laser being used because it could have an effect on the skin. I agree with you in that one should be careful with any treatment that one tries. I personally was very leery of trying this but I was suffering with a lot of pain and tightening of my fingers. Any of the treatments/surgeries that I had read about online seem like there was potential for side effects or other problems. I had been praying for a solution and it was very shortly after that I was describing my problem to some of my dart playing friends. It was then that she shared with me her treatment. I am thankful that she did and that I tried it.

At this point I have almost completely stopped doing this treatment. My pain is virtually gone and my fingers extend like normal. I feel like my hands are in remission. My nodules still appear to be the same but I have no pain in any of them. It is possible that my DC could start up again at any time but I am very hopeful that this treatment may have halted the progression of the disease. If anyone else tries this I would suggest that you share your results whether they be good or bad. The more we all learn about possible treatments the better. That is my opinion anyway.

Schrick, I am really happy for you that your DD is in control. That is what we are all looking for
What is the name of the Liniment for humans sold in Pharmacy ? I am from Canada too and curious also.
For the Laser, I tried the home laser machine on my knuckle pads, I have the feeling it accelerated it as I felt increased activity very soon afterwards. There has been some discussion on this forum about lasers and their usefulness or not for DD. You might be interested to look into them.
Lea, there seem to be different kinds of creosote, but I beleive all are toxic. It is used for wood conservation and pesticide. It is toxic when applied on skin and seems to be a major issue for the environment as well. You probably think of the creosote bush, which is different ?

Lea/Vikingorigins

I had posted the name of the liniment in my original post but it was removed from the post. I assume that it is against the forum's policy which is understandable. As far as how safe is the liniment, I just went to their website to see if it had the ingredients listed. I did not see that posted but found that the product has been on the market for more than a 100 years. If you do a search for pain relief liquid with the year 1892, you should find it. I think maybe that any similar type of product would likely work too.

While I was concerned about prolonged use of the liniment, I was more concerned about the laser pointer. I looked it up and it appears that what I bought was a 5mW, class 3, 532nM wavelength. Some of the time I wore my sunglasses but not all the time. You definitely can get some light bouncing back especially off the sheen of the vitamin E oil, so I would recommend you use sunglasses. You can control the beam but if you are moving it around I found that the light would sometimes bounce back and I would get brief bright flashes until I adjusted. Since I had no idea what was considered the proper amount of time I kept the laser moving over the nodules on my palms and the cords on my fingers, never lingering anywhere too long. I would sometimes go over the worst of my nodules for 5 - 10 seconds but even then kept moving it around. I never used the laser for too long. I just made sure to go over all the areas a couple of times. I spent a much longer time rubbing the vitamin E in and stretching my fingers back as far as I could. At first I was worried that I might make things worse because it was very painful for me with the stretching. I had a lot of tearing sensations. Luckily over the month the pain decreased and my fingers could be stretched back further and further until I had full extension.

If you decide to try this, I hope that it will work as well for you as it did for Corrine and myself. Please keep the forum posted on how it goes for you.

I had a similar situation and know I'm looking for liniment which could be helpful for my after- laser thearapy skin problems. Laser therapy is not a miracle, unfortunately...