best over-counter Osteoarthritis pain relievers ???

hello,

im 19 and my father has Osteoarthritis on both hips, and really desperate to find a over the counter medicine to relieve the huge pain he is suffering from everyday. please can you tell me which medicines are known to be really sufficient to take care of the pain???

i will really really appreciate your HELP....

I take Tylenol Arthritis and Mobic (prescription). It's important to take the medication consistently, because if you wait until the pain gets "bad enough" to take something, the meds won't work as well. It's easier to prevent pain and inflammation than to get rid of it.

I took alleve and found that to be very good.  It must be taken with food though.   Some people seem to do better with advil or ibufrofen.  All of these must be taken with food.

When problems got worse I switched to Mobic which has a VERY INEXPENSIVE generic but it is a prescription.  I take it every day.  I take omeprazole (anti-gerd medicine) and then 20 minutes later I eat and then I take the mobic.  It is a lot to remember but worth it. 

I can not tolerate the opiates so that is not an option for me. They are all prescription drugs.

I also wish there was something for all the pain.  It is very hard to deal with and so I will close wishing you and yours the best.

Before I had stomach issues, I used to take Aleve, and it worked well. Ibuprofen also worked well. Since I now have a sensitive stomach, probably due to all the OTC NSAIDs, I take Celebrex which is prescription.

It is very important to take care of your stomach when you are on an anti-inflammatory drug, OTC or prescription. I get up in the morning, and take to Tramadol ( prescription pain meds ) and then lay down for a half hour or so, then I get up and take 150 mg of Zantac for my stomach, and wait a half hour. Then I drink skim milk and eat a banana or something like that, and take my Celebrex. It is a drawn out routine, but an essential one.

Hope this helps,
V

Excedrin is what I also take for all pain or inflammation. It is the only thing that really works for me and I have bad reactions to all prescribed pain medications and refuse to ever take another one. It's not worth it for me. I even used Excedrin when I had my hysterectomy. It's the only thing that also helps my bad headaches I get so often.

I buy the generic brand at Wal*Mart and you have get (2) 100 tablet bottles atached together for about $4.00.

The reason it works so well is because the caffeine gets it into your system faster, the aspirin for inflammation and tylenol.

Darlene

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Good luck,

Kitt