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The Importance of Salicylate-Free

When following the guaifenesin protocol, we must avoid all products that have salicylates. Salicylates block the guaifenesin from doing its job with the kidneys. Their chemical compounds are similar enough for this to occur. Thus it is best to simplify your life, go without the expensive products that contain plant oils and juices, and allow yourself to be free from the myriad of products that we have been convinced that we need. The popular shift over the past 30 years is using ingredients from exotic plants,believing them to be beneficial to our skin, hair and even alleviating pain.  However, the more you simplify what you use the easier it is to follow the protocol, the sooner you start to recover and realize you never needed those products, vitamins or teas.

Safe Products

​​The following is a short list of immediately necessary products that you can run to the store and get. Most every product you use on your skin and hair will be petroleum based. The hype out in mainstream industry is that petroleum products are harmful and not useful, and yet we have been using them for over a hundred years with no side effects. On the flip side, many people who have used modern products with
plant oils and juices in them actually break out in rashes or inflamed skin, and must go back to more hypoallergenic sources.  Here are a few items that are safe to use while on the protocol:

Shampoo:  Pantene Daily Moisture Renewal
Conditioner: Pantene Daily Moisture Renewal
Liquid Soap: Spa Soap Clear Liquid Hand Soap found at Dollar Store, Softsoap no longer is sal free
Bar Soap: Dove White Beauty Bar

Lotion: AmLactin Moisturizing Body Lotion

Makeup:  mineral foundations, blushes and eye shadows are mostly plant free, there are exceptions, read the ingredients carefully. Most Avon products are sal free and a lot less expensive than products found in the stores. Again, read the ingredients carefully, even mascaras today have some kind of plant oil or juice added to them.  Many times just going to the dollar store for makeup is the best choice. A lot of the products available are plant free.

There are no teas or herbal medications that are sal free.

Pain Relief

Salicylic Acid is a pain reliever, it also dissolves dead skin cells. Asprin is 100% salicylic acid. Many other plant oils and juices have various amounts of salicylic acid in them, thus is stands to confirm that they can also be combined for some effective pain relief. Masking pain, however, does not rid the body of what causes pain for fibromyalgia, excess deposits of phosphates. Never use asprin nor any product containing asprin or other plant forms for pain relief.

Safe pain relievers include: Tylenol (acetaminophen), Aleve (naproxen), and Advil (ibuprofen)
Also, when experiencing nausea or sleeplessness, Benedryl (diphenhydramine) is an excellent choice. You may notice that the pain relievers that add PM to their label have added diphenhydramine to the ingredients as the sleep aid.

For topical pain relief gel, the only one on the market we are aware of as safe to use is Voltaren Gel (Diclofenac Sodium Gel). 
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