I get it off Ebay and I find that if I order 3 or more tubes I have got it as low as £12 so it's worth "shopping" around for it, and it really does work, I know it's a lot of money but what price on pain relief?? and you are worth it!!!!
HAVING OSTEOARTHRITIS IN BOTH KNEES AND HAVING SERIOUS PAIN WHEN ON HOLIDAY WHICH I COULD NOT ENJOY BECAUSE OF LIMITED WALKING. I TRIED A TUBE OF FLEXISEQ AND THINK IT IS MARVELLOUS - IN THE PAST DOCTORS GIVEN ME ALL SORTS OF GELS AND CREAMS WITHOUT SUCCESS
BUT FLEXISEQ I CANNOT PRAISE TOO HIGHLY. I BUY IT ON THE INTERNET WITH FREE DELIVERY.
I THINK THE NHS SHOULD PROVIDE THIS ON THEW NHS BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT THE OTHER GELS AND CREAMS. THIS DOES IT FOR ME NIGHT AND MORNING
Hello Linda - I'm glad you too have found Flexiseq Gel works. I started using it in June 2014 and, if you look 2 up from your message, you'll see I tried others in between. I wrote to NICE to ask if it could be prescribed on the NHS. They said it is a "device" and not under their jurisdiction. I also printed off a lot of information about it, took it to my GP, who presented it at the Practice Prescription meeting but - no - they won't prescribe it! I find it frustrating as they prescribe anti-inflammatory tablets, frequently with Lanzoprazole or Omaprazole as well to protect the stomach against the effects of the antiflammatory tablets, other gels and creams (frequently also containing anti-inflammatory ingredients) and yet won't prescribe a harmless, drugless gel like Flexiseq which, after all, acts - put quite simply in my words only! - a bit like WD40 - lubricates our joints through the skin. I don't get it! Now I'll get off my soapbox! lol
hi
i have tried THEM ALL from the cold gels to all the rubbish the gp has prescribed. i had a miserable holiday last year because i could not walk - knee was so inflamed and i took ibufen pain killers all the time. each step was agony. tried fleseq when i came back and could not believe how it worked. no pain walking with dog as usual. it is expensive and being a pensioner i asked the gp but he said no although he will prescribe other stuff which does not good at all.
i would rather cut down on other things and buy the flexiseq and would pay more if i have to because it cannot do without it. at the moment if i can carry on like this i will not have the knee replacement done
i do not know what else you could try and i find them all useless compared with flexiseq and cannot praise it highly enough
take care
linda
Hello Christine,
My main problem is hip pain. I've used the gel on my toe joints, which were the next problem, and it seems to have helped a lot, but I don't know how to apply it to reach the hip joint - any suggestions please?!! It doesn't seem such an obvious joint to get at easily.
Not sure if anyone is still following this thread but I found the following information on the arthritis research UK website and it gives an independent evaluation on Flexiseq as an alternative treatment for osteoarthritis. It answers a lot of the queries raised in this discussion thread.
Hi Sylvia l have just purchased this cream also for my hand as l do a lot of knitting sewing and embroidery and lately it has been very painfull and l am just wondering about the application of putting the cream on do you just apply it in a line and let it dry any help you or anyone else could give would be appreciated kind regards Pat
hi i am a bit confused about not applying it over the bone thats fine for the knee or hips elbows etc but what if its in your neck and travels down the back between your shoulders . is it not meant for that area .
i will still give a try for my hips and knees , i have fibro and the pain is awful
I share Benny's concern. I don't trust any pharmaceutical companies. I only eat organic vegetarian food, I'm 54, and in good health, very active. I noticed a couple of years ago I was getting osteoarthritis in my hands. It wasn't painful per se, but I just couldn't bend my fingers completely. At the moment, if I try to make a fist with my left hand, my little finger stays sticking out to a large extent. It's about 5cm from my palm. According to the radiologist, his only suggestion was that I should consider myself lucky that it wasn't worse.
I thought I'd give flexiseq a try. As my finger is physically not able to move beyond a certain point, I drew an trace around my finger and hand so that I could objectively see any improvement.
I've been using it only on the affected finger for 9 days, twice a day. I have already noticed an improvement. My finger now bends more than it used to - about 3-4 cm away from my palm now. I've been playing badminton at a reasonably high level for some time, and this was severely affecting my ability to hold a racket properly. It is now easier to hold and play, so for me, at the moment, it is a qualified success.
As Benny says, only time will tell what the long-term side effects will be. Where do all these nano-particles end up? It is still a serious concern for me, but I'm willing to take the risk. As soon as any slow-down in improvement occurs, I'll reduce the dosage to once per day.
this product is about technology not drugs we have to get our heads round it .nano means really small
.i intend to start using it on my joints daily because i am sick of being stiff from my fibro
and if it can help to lubricate joints then its easier to move and less
problems overall .
would also think if joints dont dry out then will cause less damage reducing the need for replacements .
I am a healthcare provider in the UK. I had tried everything available to ease the stiffness and crunching in my knees associated with my worsening OA. I then bit the bullet and bought a tube of Flexiseq. I couldn't believe it. After all my training and experience it shouldnt work as well as it did, but it has and is amazing to me.
I think it works better on larger joints as it can gain deeper penetration, and is only designed to work on OA, not RA.
It's a shame the NHS won't apply for it to be a tariff drug. If it offers reduction of symptoms and pain, then why not? After all, they have bandages, compression socks and catheters on Prescriptions and they're just 'devices'
I hope that more people get joy from this product and the increase in profits for them drives down the price for all of us
i have had oa in my knee for a few years and had the joint cleaned
mobility impaired and pain was bad. tried flexiseq and could not believe how good it is. if it cost £30 a tube i would still buy it. marvellous
hi andy
i am very dissapointed that the NHS will give me a load of creams and pills that do not work for me every month if i want them but will not prescribe flexiseq which is amazing for my knee. i can walk and dance and go on holiday now. use it twice a day and if i had to pay double the price i would go without something else rather than give this cream up.
i was doubtful at the time of purchase but desperate and could not believe how good it is
as you say other devices are given on the nhs so why not this.
More than likely because it hasn't met stringent clinical testing standards yet. I doubt Pro Bono would be willing to pay for it and the NHS certainly cant so It'll be a purchaseable product indefinitely.
In my opinion the NHS has no place paying for products like this anyway, especially in these tough times. I do think a subsidy is more reasonable, however
Hello Mark,
I've been using Flexiseq for over a year on my knees and am still happy with it. It can't cure O/A but it certainly makes it a lot easier. I am now only using it once a day - in the morning - and find it very beneficial.
I remember Benny's comments many months ago, although I haven't seen his recent ones. If we women were suspicious of all the creams and lotions we apply to our faces - not to mention the chemicals some of us apply to our hair! - I think the cosmetics industry would go bust if we stopped using them! I'm 82 and take a balanced view of everything. I don't buy organic food but aim to eat a healthy diet and try to keep relatively active. However, I think for younger people, eating organic foods is probably more important (if they can afford it) as they are being subjected to pesticides, etc. over a longer period which may, or may not, have ill-effects in time.
I hope you continue to enjoy the benefits of Flexiseq, Mark - enjoy your tennis - and don't get too hung up about the nano-particles!
I gave all the Flexiseq information to my GP, who presented it at a Practice Meeting the following day. However, they decided not to start prescribing it, although I believe it is up to the Practices to make their own decisions about it. I can't understand it. Flexiseq is DRUG-FREE, whereas I am prescribed Naproxen anti-inflammatories and Lansoprazole (a proton-pump inhibitos) to offset the effects on the stomach of the anti-inflammatories, neither of which I am sure are cheap and both are DRUGS. Since using Flexiseq, I only use these when I know I'm going to be extra active - such as on holiday. I am very aware of the stomach damage they can do, especially in the elderly, like me, so thank you Flexiseq! If they prescribed this - especially to knee O/A sufferers (or other easy-to-get-at joints), I think it would save money in the long term, as well as be safer.
Sylvia,
The current prices that the NHS pays for all its drugs are open to the public by searching NHS Drug Tariff.
28 Lansoprazole 15 and 28 Naproxen 250 cost the NHS £4.02. Significantly less than the £18 or so for a tube of Flexiseq
If the drug is viable or not is not upto practices, its upto the NICE formulation comittee. Without the stringent statistics that come as a result of clinical testing, they wont even entertain the idea of placing it within the Tariff
Ingredients:
Aqua, Phosphatidylcholine, Alcohol, Glycerin, Carbomer, Polysorbate 80, Disodium phosphate, Sodium hydroxide, Benzyl alcohol, Methylparaben, Ethylparaben, Linalool, Disodium EDTA, Sodium phosphate, Sodium metabisulfite, BHT.
...those DON'T sound like nice Ingredients, additionally I don't believe what they state, because if you research what they claim can ONLY be done with diet!
Well...I tried a little experiment.....Flexiseq on the left hand and butter on the right. Buttered hand felt much better after 2 months. I next switched hands: Flixiseq on the right hand and butter on the left. Again, the buttered hand felt better after two months of "treatment".
Conclusion: Save your money and spread butter on your joints. Butter also has phosopholipids.
I was interested to read about your experiment using butter but, bearing in mind how greasy it is, surely everything you touch after applying it must get greasy marks on it? Flexiseq does feel a bit 'tacky' afterwards but never leaves any marks on my trousers, whereas I think butter would leave greasy marks all the time.
Possibly olive oil - or anything with a high fat content - would work equally as well as butter but would all be just as greasy as butter - and messy on my trousers at knee level.
I'd be interested to hear how you avoid the greasy hands problem.