What pain releivers do you take?

You could try Tylenol with methocarbamol...I believe it's a back reliever one.

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These aren't UC related pains, the only problem is because I can't take the anti-inflammatory OTC drugs I used to take.

The worst today is in between my shoulder blades. It started in November after I spent a weekend hunched over my sewing machine. I think it is bad today because I did my upper torso weight routine this morning.

The second is on the outside of my right knee, it gets worse when I when I hike on the weekends. We were out for 3 hours on Sunday and it kept me up all night on Sunday.

These are the kind of aches I used to be able to deal with by taking ibuprofen.

I don't want to stop these activities, I need to continue weight lifting to keep my weight in check and hiking is one of my favorite pastimes.

I'm sure a massage would work, but I can't stop at the drug store on the way home and buy one!

Thank goodness I'm all through with periods. I had terrible cramps!

Heat or Ice, take your pick. All the above suggested are good advice. Whichever works best for you. A Hot Shower, Hot Tub. Get in the Heated Therapy Pool at your Gym. Or Ice/ Cold Bath.

If all else fails, Physical Therapy can be beneficial. That would of course need to be ran though your DR. And I presume, you could get there. They have tools like TENS, and can do massage. And Aquatic Therapy. A PT stint helped me a lot.

I guess I failed to mention that I use the generic form of Tylonel Arthritis (CVS brand) since the recall. I am just so used to just calling it TA that I forgot.

What is wrong with the Tylonel now?

I just heard back from my doctor and he said it would be OK if I took 200mg of ibuprofen 3xday with food. I'm not sure how many days in a row I can do this. But if I just do it when the pain is really bad (like yesterday) I guess it will be OK.