Comments on: Can you translate this?

Question: Can you translate this?

summit — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:10:37 -0800

What is this? It's in Russian. Inside is a clear gel.

By: prefpara

prefpara — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:13:48 -0800

Fasum Gel. It claims to assist in diseases of something blurry, something blurry (joints?), muscles, "radikulit"

The rest is very blurry. I can't make out the % active ingredient or anything else.

It seems to be prescription-only.

By: beniamino

beniamino — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:16:51 -0800

Fastum, not Fasum.

By: prefpara

prefpara — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:16:55 -0800

Looks like it's for arthritis - an analgesic? I am not great with the sciency-medical terms.

http://www.medicamenty.ru/products/item,StuffItem.id=2456

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:19:51 -0800

Fastum Gel is ketoprophen.

Appears to be for pain relief and reducing joint inflammation.

By: granted

granted — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:21:23 -0800

I just asked my Russian coworker. She says it's for muscle and joint pain, like when you stretch a ligament. She actually has some at her house. She also says it doesn't work.

By: prefpara

prefpara — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:43:57 -0800

Um! Sorry about the typo.

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:54:41 -0800

Yep, nthing. It's an anti-inflammatory gel.

By: ikkyu2

ikkyu2 — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:13:19 -0800

In the US it's spelled ketoprofen.

"radikulit" is probably radiculitis, otherwise known as sciatica or nerve root pain from a slipped disc impinging on the nerve where it exits the spinal column.

By: londongeezer

londongeezer — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:52:38 -0800

radikulit is indeed sciatica.