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Another dead end for me

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I've decided to stop using the Verapamil cream on my hands. This is NOT a post against the compounded medication at all. I really had high hopes that it would help me, and at one point I thought it was. But it seems like, since starting the cream last July, I've noticed that both hands feel more uncomfortable. The best I can describe my discomfort is achy, a slight burning sometimes and a swollen sensation. I'm curious to see if those feelings subside in the weeks to come.  Likewise, I had hopes that the radiation would put Dup into remission in my left hand. But that doesn't seem to have happened either. All I can do now is keep taking one day at a time. And pray.
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How Verapamil works

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  As you might know, I’ve been applying Transdermal Verapamil 15 percent cream to my hands since this past July 11. I’m not certain if it’s helping to reduce and/or slow down the progression of my Dupuytren’s. What I have noticed that my hands both ache slightly, sometimes even low-key burn. Is the Verapamil helping or hurting my hands? I don’t know.  In the meantime, I wanted to understand better how the medication works. So I visited with pharmacy technician John Schleifer, director of Men’s Health with PDLabs in Cedar Park, Texas. More than 20 years ago, he said he helped the late Jerry Easterling develop and market Transdermal Verapamil 15 Percent gel/cream, which is largely used to treat Peyronie’s disease (penis) but also Dupuytren’s and Ledderhose (feet).  “Verapamil gel is a transdermal calcium channel blocker,” Schleifer told me. “We have developed a delivery system, a vehicle, that delivers and localizes Verapamil, which is the calcium channel blocker, within t...
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