Just the nature of this question shows that the poster has done little research, and has not taken a lot of time to acquire real knowledge of what he is doing.
First, in defense of him, these guys who state that injections are THE only way to go, or who state they are "not that bad" are off. Sure - they are not that bad. But for some people injections are simply not an option. There are a LOT of people with very very powerful needle phobias and there is no way they can simply "deal with it". I have worked with some of these people to cure these phobias but you must know what you are doing.
And to say that injection is the ONLY way, is wrong.
Injection IS far more effective, but that does not mean that various transdermal methods do not provide any benefits at all.
Injection is more effective than >
transdermal which is more effective than >
oral.
In that prgression, by the time you DO get to the Oral option, the truth is that it is very inefficient.
The main objection I have in this post is that it shows a lack of knowledge of the transdermal options. There are several methods available.
It seems that the kid (and you ARE a f'ng kid and should not be doing AS anyway, but thats another story ......) is only aware of DMSO. And THAT shows me that he does not know much.
There are other options such as:
PLOGel
Ethyl Alcohol
Finasol (spray-on)
Isopropyl Mystiriate (sp?)
These and things like them can be used in various ways to make creams that are rubbed on, or liquids that are rubbed on or sprayed on, that will work.
They are NOWHERE near as efficient as injecting, but they will work, just adjust the dose accordingly.