PAIN - BACK/NECK treatment

What do other patients take for PAIN - BACK/NECK?

iGuard.org has more than 40,420 users on treatment for PAIN - BACK/NECK. Learn more about what medications they are taking to treat pain - back/neck from the table below...

Commonly Used Medication Name* (Hover mouse over name to see medication class)	% of Patients	Average Risk Rating	Generic	Patient-reported Severity
Tylenol	22 %		YES
Advil	17 %		YES
Vicodin	12 %		YES
Aleve	10 %		YES
Ultram	9 %		YES
Hydrocodone	5 %
Celebrex	< 5 %		NO
Flexeril	< 5 %		YES
Lyrica	< 5 %		NO
Cymbalta	< 5 %		NO
Mobic	< 5 %		YES
Duragesic	< 5 %		YES
Neurontin	< 5 %		YES
Darvocet	< 5 %		YES
Zanaflex	< 1 %		YES
Lodine	< 1 %		YES

*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard.org users are listed.

**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.

EXAMPLE:

22 % of iGuard.org patients that use medications for PAIN - BACK/NECK regularly use Acetaminophen as part of their treatment.

Comments for PAIN - BACK/NECK

Comments, Questions, and Answers

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Question/Comment:

Does any one take flexeril for back spasams? i feel I can't take them because I can't complete a thought let alone a sentence, and when I look at my eyes in the mirror they are dialated, Any other muscle relaxers that won't kick my butt?? Thanks!

50 year old female
Posted: 2008-11-20 18:26:08 Rating:

Question/Comment:

is mobic a pain med? i thought it was a muscle relaxer.
what should i do to get my docter to try something differnt
than the tramodol 50 mg? it takes at least 3 of them at
one time to even help a little,i have degenative disc
diesese.I really just need a for sure method to rid the
pain in my back.Does the shots in the back work?
Thankyou, Dina

38 year old female
Posted: 2008-10-26 21:57:59 Rating:

Answer/Reply:

They might help. My husband had the shots in his back. He got some relief. You might want to try them. Good luck.

51 year old female
Posted: 2008-11-19 16:04:05 Rating:

Answer/Reply:

This is mobic.

ABOUT Mobic
Active Drug(s): Meloxicam
WHAT DOES IT DO?
This product is primarily used in the treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. It is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).

51 year old female
Posted: 2008-11-19 16:18:47 Rating:

Question/Comment:

I was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease in my lumbar spine late last year. Where can I find out more about the degenerative disc disease?

25 year old male
Posted: 2008-10-06 03:07:35 Rating:

Question/Comment:

i just recently started taking mobic for pain in my neck that runs in to my head and into my ears, i also take Klonipin, is it safe to take tylenol for my migrains,what is the safest thing to take that wont throw me for a loop

27 year old female
Posted: 2008-10-04 15:38:10 Rating:

Answer/Reply:

you can take tylenol with any pain releivers as most narcotics have tylenol in them anyway..
hope that helps... God Bless..

38 year old male
Posted: 2008-11-15 17:02:38 Rating:

Question/Comment:

i have sevre neck and back my doctor has sent me to physhio and prescribed panadene forteand mobic for the treatment of pain but dont feel comfortable taking so much panadene am worried about unintentional overdose

55 year old female
Posted: 2008-10-02 02:06:08 Rating:

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