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Anything similar to IcyHot cream covered by insurance?

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thevisi0nary
thevisi0nary

I pretty much live on the icyhot cream/ icyhot patches. These things work pretty well but they get expensive. Voltaren gel is simply not as effective. Im going to ask my doctor upon my next visit, but does anyone know of something similar to the icyhot products that are covered by insurance?

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  • Jan999
    Jan999 thevisi0nary

    Posted

    Are you in the USA because I've never heard of this cream before?
    • thevisi0nary
      thevisi0nary Jan999

      Posted

      This is actually cheaper than I've seen but it still would be better to have it covered by health insurance.

      Emis Moderator comment: I have removed the link as users can easily find the information using a search engine and looking for Icyhot rather than linking to a specific website. If users want the specific link use the Private Message service to exchange.

      http://patient.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/398331-private-messages

    • constance.de
      constance.de Jan999

      Posted

      I've tried it.  It's a 'phsycological' help in my opinion.  It's as it says on the tube 'icy and hot'.  Heat relieves pain so.........!

      I bought the roll on type - it gets to places you can't reach easily and isn't messy like creams.

      It's expensive though - not necessarily the product, but the postage.

      I'd buy it again! 

    • thevisi0nary
      thevisi0nary constance.de

      Posted

      Are you talking about icy hot? It's definitely not psychological, it's just expensive and doesn't last very long. If you mean psychological as far as a distraction yes the cooling/heating sensation masks the pain but any kind of pain reliever is basically doing that if its not fixing the issue.
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