Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about BENGAY!
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about rare chemical burns reported by people using popular pain relief products like Bengay, Icy Hot and Flexall.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Bengay, spelled Ben-Gay before 1995, is a topical analgesic heat rub . the product is advised to be used topically for adults and children 12 years of age and older a teenage athlete overdosed and died from overexposure to methyl salicylate in 2007 . products containing menthol and capsaicin have the potential to cause such burns . some people have been hospital Muscle Pain/Ultra Strength contains 30% methyl salicylate, 10% menthol, and 4% camphor . Bengay: Ice Extra Strength contains 10% camphor and 10% melatonin . Kogan Page Series. ISBN 978-0-7494-4433-4. Claims, United States. Appeals, District of Columbia. Court of (1985). The Federal Reporter. West Publishing Company. pp. 209–211. Justo, Patrick Di (October 20, 2008). “What’s Inside Ultra-Strength Bengay?”. Wired. Retrieved June 29, 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv ( PDR, Thomson; Physicians (2004). PDR for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements. ISBN 978-1-56363-478-9. (subscription required) Shetty, D. (2015). Product Design For Engineers. ISBN 978-1-305-53719-4. Johnsen, Michael (July 26, 2011). “Dara Torres to serve as brand ambassador to Bengay”. United States National Library of Medicine. BenGay Topical. WebMD.WebMD. WebMD – WebMD WebMD, WebMD webMD.