How many of you have had bad experiences with OTC medicine?

ChicagoBlue2

ChicagoBlue2

Veteran Traveler
Premium Member
Joined
Nov 21, 2013
Messages
12,688
Reaction score
1
I have had one-- with Bengay, when I applied it to my bad back, made me feel like I was being burned alive. Haven't used it since, needless to say.

What about you?
 
You only need to use a little Bengay at a time how much did you put on?
Have you tried getting a heating pad you can put in the microwave to use on your back? But you need to be careful and not made it too hot , I use this instead on my arthritis . It does not made my clothes are greasy and my dog might what to taste it and it bad for dogs. I only take OTC med when my head hurt .
 
whatdidyousay! said:
You only need to use a little Bengay at a time how much did you put on?
Have you tried getting a heating pad you can put in the microwave to use on your back? But you need to be careful and not made it too hot , I use this instead on my arthritis . It does not made my clothes are greasy and my dog might what to taste it and it bad for dogs. I only take OTC med when my head hurt .
Click to expand...

The correct amount was applied. The problem was, my bad back didn't want anything to do with it, and it hurt like #!?@, and I will never use it again, because that stuff and I don't get along.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
The correct amount was applied. The problem was, my bad back didn't want anything to do with it, and it hurt like #!?@, and I will never use it again, because that stuff and I don't get along.
Click to expand...

I had meds that we did not did get along at all. LOL!
 
whatdidyousay! said:
I had meds that we did not did get along at all. LOL!
Click to expand...

Yup. There are some OTC meds I can't take because of the high dosage of my meds. Benadryl is one of them. Aleve is another. Anything but ibprofeun and Tylenol I cannot take.
 
All of drugs, OTC, Legal or illegal drugs all have their own side effects. It does not affect everybody the same way.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
I have had one-- with Bengay, when I applied it to my bad back, made me feel like I was being burned alive. Haven't used it since, needless to say.

What about you?
Click to expand...

that's what bengay is supposed to do. it burns for a few min and then it will subside and start to feel cool. that's not a side effect.
 
Jiro said:
that's what bengay is supposed to do. it burns for a few min and then it will subside and start to feel cool. that's not a side effect.
Click to expand...

Not in my case-- it took 20 minutes and on my knees for it to subside. Something in that tube isn't for me.
 
20 minutes sounds right, and that is what it was intended to. Heat the muscle to relax, then cool down to help ease the pain.

If I had cuts, I would put rubbing alcohol on my cut (Depends on how bad). It burns like hell but it helps prevent infections.

ChicagoBlue2 said:
Not in my case-- it took 20 minutes and on my knees for it to subside. Something in that tube isn't for me.
Click to expand...
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
Not in my case-- it took 20 minutes and on my knees for it to subside. Something in that tube isn't for me.
Click to expand...

yea what DHB said. it varies for anybody. depending on where you rubbed it and how much you squeezed out of tube.

perhaps you should use a small amount and apply it liberally.
 
diehardbiker said:
20 minutes sounds right, and that is what it was intended to. Heat the muscle to relax, then cool down to help ease the pain.

If I had cuts, I would put rubbing alcohol on my cut (Depends on how bad). It burns like hell but it helps prevent infections.
Click to expand...

you should use hydrogen peroxide instead
 
diehardbiker said:
20 minutes sounds right, and that is what it was intended to. Heat the muscle to relax, then cool down to help ease the pain.

If I had cuts, I would put rubbing alcohol on my cut (Depends on how bad). It burns like hell but it helps prevent infections.
Click to expand...

Except that my muscles DIDN'T relax-- they tightened up, and my back felt like it was on fire. That's not what it's supposed to do.
 
Jiro said:
yea what DHB said. it varies for anybody. depending on where you rubbed it and how much you squeezed out of tube.

perhaps you should use a small amount and apply it liberally.
Click to expand...

You weren't there when it happened. My old group home staff witnessed the entire thing, and now my staff know I'm not supposed to use it.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
You weren't there when it happened. My old group home staff witnessed the entire thing, and now my staff know I'm not supposed to use it.
Click to expand...

ChicagoBlue2 said:
Try that intensified by 10. Yeah, that bad.
Click to expand...

I think you have a very low tolerance for pain.... I'm guessing a simple paper cut for you must have felt painful x 10....
 
Jiro said:
I think you have a very low tolerance for pain.... I'm guessing a simple paper cut for you must have felt painful x 10....
Click to expand...

Think again. I have high tolerance for pain, and like I said-- you didn't see what happened. Plain and simple, the stuff and I do not get along. In fact, my ribcage/back area was in a great deal of pain, and I did not go to the ER-- instead, I figured out what was causing the intense pain, and since then, the pain had reduced to almost nothing now-- just residual soreness, that's all.
 
Jiro no sense in arguing with him.. if that's what he wants to think...

I agree 20 minutes is about what it takes to start to take effect. My guess is there was something ELSE going on with your back if Bengay did not help it. The sensation you felt IS what it's supposed to do.

Besides- bengay is NOT a medication- more of an ointment.

99% of the population- at least in the US, Canad and Europe have had one experience or another with OTC drugs, etc.

I used to not be able to take some stuff allergy related- the ones with D (Allegra D etc) because of the glaucoma meds. Can now that I am no longer on those meds. Can't recall any adverse side effects but like what was mentioned above- One item can have multiple effects on multiple people.

Oh.. and the the fact you were on your knees with the bengay causing pain-- that's not high tolerance to pain... that's low to middling.
 
Cannot take any OTC or prescription meds. I do take acetaminophen, but cannot take more than 2-3 doses a week and have to drink tons of water when I do.

Last time I had aspirin, I was in a 3 day coma.
 
Jiro said:
that's what bengay is supposed to do. it burns for a few min and then it will subside and start to feel cool. that's not a side effect.
Click to expand...

The OP may have sensitive skin , I know people that very sensitive skin and they have to very careful with what they kind of laundry soap they use. And some meds made your skin sensitive too. I like using the heating pad , it's more natural to me.
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
Think again. I have high tolerance for pain, and like I said-- you didn't see what happened. Plain and simple, the stuff and I do not get along. In fact, my ribcage/back area was in a great deal of pain, and I did not go to the ER-- instead, I figured out what was causing the intense pain, and since then, the pain had reduced to almost nothing now-- just residual soreness, that's all.
Click to expand...

your ribcage in a great deal of pain? was that the one from sleeping on your bed?
 
whatdidyousay! said:
The OP may have sensitive skin , I know people that very sensitive skin and they have to very careful with what they kind of laundry soap they use. And some meds made your skin sensitive too. I like using the heating pad , it's more natural to me.
Click to expand...

Correct. I do, in fact, have sensitive skin, as a side effect of Risperdal.
 
Back
Top