Q. I have always been the one in any crowd of people to whom bugs would flock for a meal. I always thought I just tasted good to them.
After an automobile accident about a year ago I started taking MSM (methyl sulfonylmethane) to help
relieve joint and muscle pain. While on a trip to the mountains a few months later, watching others around me fight off mosquitoes, it occurred to me that I hadn’t had any insect bites recently. I traced the change back to when I began taking the MSM.
Shortly after that, I started giving it to my elderly dog to help him with his painful hips. He now walks and runs without pain, and he remains flea free!
I have recently heard from another source that MSM can be given to animals to control fleas, so apparently my experience is not just my imagination. According to my sources, dosage is not a problem. If you take too much the excess is eliminated with regular body waste.
I continue to take mine, and I give my dog 1/2 teaspoon of equine MSM powder
each morning. We both feel better and the bugs go elsewhere for their meals!
A. Thank you so much for sharing this fascinating story. We had no idea that MSM could do double duty like this.
We recently became more concerned about flea bites when we learned that fleas and ticks can transmit Bartonella, a little recognized infection. To learn more about this hidden epidemic, listen to our radio show on Ticks, Fleas & Mystery Disease.
