Muscular Pain

I LOVE this stuff! I get neck pain every now & then & while using Panadol patch helps, Salonpas does the job WAY better! My only minor gripes are: 1) the patches don't come in skin tone colors (although it is fun telling people I'm using a nicotine patch & not to judge me just for kicks); & 2) the adhesive works so well it removes all of the hair off my neck when time comes to take off the patch. Sometimes it'll even leave a red spot where I removed the patch. BUT that's nothing compared to the wonderful pain-eliminating results I've gotten from using these patches.

About 10 years ago, I was invited to sit in on a focus group that was testing the application of a topical pain reliever. I am very familiar with (and a proponent of) acupuncture as well as attitude (placibo effect) on pain management. This product works faster than asprin! Quite often, I wake up with lower back pain as well as stiffness. Just knowing I have these patches available is a huge help toward the placibo effect (if that is what it is) - but I also really believe that it works like topical asprin - and my pain relief begins almost immediately - I am definitely hooked. There is a more intense Salonpas advertised for arthritus relief - but I do not think I will ever need it, because as soon as I feel a pain (shoulder, lower back, etc) - I reach for this patch and I am fine. Oh - and I started out with the bigger patches, but realized I could cut them in 2, and still get the same effect - it seems to spread across your skin, no matter the size of the patch.

I am so grateful that someone handed me one of these to try a few years ago. I would've never believed them otherwise. I have fibromyalgia and deal with pain on a daily basis. My neck gets so bad and causes my head to throb. Being a stay at home mom, these have really helped a lot. I was amazed at how much a little patch could do, and especially one that was OTC.

I have used them on my feet, knees, back, neck, arms, wrists... Being a mom with a young child, not only does the smell of topical creams like Bengay seem like a bad idea, but I worried so much about if he were to touch my skin. I wore a sweater in the summer to cover the cream, which barely worked and lasted fifteen minutes.

There are times when the patch seems to work better than others, maybe just my pain that day or something. Either way, I urge you to give these a chance. They are affordable, stay on, and truly work.

Pain medications usually dont work on me, so to find some relief in a small simple patch was enough to wow me. I'm not going to say I'm pain free, or it's cured my condition, but it really has been of some relief.

I happened upon these at Costco just yesterday after just having been told by my Orthopedic Surgeon that my arthroscopic surgery was not so succcessful and that I would have to live with it or decide it was bad enough for a knee replacement. I could barely walk and was in considerable discomfort, my knee badly inflammed and swollen.

I put it on in the parking lot (that's how easy they are to apply) and, I swear, 10 minutes later there was a definite improvement, although my husband claims that the smell of them makes his eyes water. The smell isn't unpleasant, but it is "distinctive."

After 24 hours of use, I can actually walk fairly normally without pain. The knee is still swollen, but I am much more comfortable.

Whoda thought?

My husband says it's all in my head. Hey, if that's true, they still work for me!

I would recommend these to anyone to try. Nobody is more surprised than I am that they actually WORK.

I cannot sing enough praise for Salon Pas..
I will not take any other pain relievers anymore but I do stuff that regularly causes me pain so I am only too happy to plaster myself all over with Salon Pas at night and wake up feeling fine.. and for next to no $$.... honestly. don't know where I'd be w/o them..

I am eternally grateful to a friend who first recommended Salonpas to me for my rheumatoid arthritis. I have applied Salonpas to my shins, knees, elbows, wrists, knuckles, shoulders, neck, back, hip ... wherever I have pain. This product lowers my level of pain so that I can get to sleep at night or work in relative comfort during the day. They are easy to apply and provide long lasting relief. I tell whomever I can about Salonpas. It is now such a popular product that the retailer has difficulty keeping them in stock! My husband ordered them on-line because of the availability of larger quantities to assure me that I would not be without my wonderful Salonpas!