Anyone use medihoney?

What results have you seen using medihoney for wounds, especially diabetic heel ulcers? Does it work very well? How long does a wound take to heal with it?
We put medihoney on just about every wound I see. Literally. Wound nurses LOVE medihoney. Downside is it's very, very expensive from what I hear.

Our infectious disease doctor orders for wounds all the time. I work in acute care so I don't really see any immediate results from it but I hear it does miracles!

I've never heard of this but my M-I-L has a non-healing post-surgical wound on one of her ankles from Achilles Tendon surgery. This surgery was a year and a half ago and it just doesn't want to close up completely. I looked at MediHoney's website and ordered some samples, and she's going to see if that's something her doctor might prescribe. They were just about to consider plastic surgery to try and close the wound up, but if she can avoid another surgery by using this product it would be great... Does it really work as well as the company claims?

Hi OhBoy123,Where are you based? Medihoney is great value, I don't know where or how someone could say it is expensive. And it works! There are various forms of it, from 100% sterile Medihoney in a tube, to anther tube product which is a gel-like product, a little more viscous. But what we find great is the Medihoney Alginate and Medihoney Tulle Wound Dressings, which have something like 90-95% Medihoney in them. They are flat Dressings, which allows for cutting to size and shape for the wound.In the UK, all of them are on the Drug Tariff, so totally affordable.

I have spoken to Nurses who have used it and swear by it. There are clear indications for each type of Dressing (I just looked up www.dermasciences.com ), as Medihoney comes in the raw Honey tube and a Gel, but also as various flat Wound Dressings. It depends on how infected and/or necrotic/sloughy the wound is. The worse the wound, the more Honey is required. So if only a flat dressing will fit in the wound space (especially for leg ulcers), then use the Alginate (in the UK it is called Apinate) Wound dressing, as it has 95% Medihoney.It must be cut to the size of the wound, as the high osmolarity of the Honey which results in drawing away of excess fluid in/or around the wound may cause the surrounding skin to excoriate. The Honey will result in a lot of wound exudate being soaked away from the wound, so it must be covered with a highly absorbent wound dressing/pad, which is then held in place by a bandage or gauze. If the Wound is quite dirty/exudating, then the dressing needs to be changed maybe daily or every second day for the first week or so..........until the exudate reduces. Granulation is amazing with this Medihoney, as it has both antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, as well as stimulating the immune response to heal.I'll find out more about which wounds and post - let's share more on this.ThanksMGTK