Magnesium salicylate for Pain User Reviews
Brand names: Doans Pills Extra Strength, Doan's Pills, Novasal, Nuprin Backache, Bayer Select Backache Pain Formula MST DeWitt's Pain Reliever
Magnesium salicylate has an average rating of 9.3 out of 10 from a total of 18 reviews for the treatment of Pain. 94% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 6% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Magnesium salicylate
- Rufus
- June 12, 2020
Doans Pills Extra Strength (magnesium salicylate) "Tried Doan's Pills because Tylenol and Aleve just didn’t help my sacroiliac pain. The pain has been mild and ongoing for a year since a fall last January and has been manageable with ice and heat packs. But I am on my feet more through the day now since switching jobs, and the pain had become unbearable... took two Doan’s, and the pain was gone. I literally almost cried, thought I would need to have injections to get rid of the pain. This is definitely my new go-to pain medication."
- Incis...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 5, 2013
Doans Pills Extra Strength (magnesium salicylate) "I have lower back pain to the point that I'm in a lot of pain after walking only 20 minutes or so. I was getting very discouraged. One morning, my partner gave me some Doan's Pills, and my back pain disappeared. I was amazed, and we started going to stores to try to find it. Not as easy as we thought. Finally, we found some, and I hope it continues to help me as much as it has the first day. Keep your fingers crossed."
- Rhoda
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- December 16, 2019
Doan's Pills (magnesium salicylate) "Bad back and herniated discs problems and nothing helps relieve it but doans. I've tried prescription drugs for years and other otc stuff. I gave these a try and they work. They do give me heart burn but I can chew tums."
- Buck
- Taken for less than 1 month
- May 27, 2019
"I am 76 years old and for the last several years I get lower back pain from exertion, I've been to chiropractors and tried prescription muscle relaxers, nothing really helped. Just this week and out of desperation I tried Doan's pills. Within a couple of hours the pain had eased up quite a bit and within 6 hours or so had nearly gone away, first relief I've had for a long time. I got these at WalMart, $5.49 for 24 pills, next time I'm there I'll stock up."
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- Snuga...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 21, 2020
"I had a injury back in 2010 lower back took medicine from the doctor thinking it would help, but the pain kept coming back and didn’t know what I did when it happen. Now years down the road it comes and goes when it wants. Now today in July 2020 had the same pain again and I said dang it I need something to help with the pain so my boyfriend told me about this doans Pills and I said ok let me try it and omg I feel so much better after about 45 minutes the. Again I was sitting down watching tv ..... I got up for a moment and I was able to stand up straight and not leaning over like an old person would I was able to straight and it felt so good. Thank you Doans now I know what to do happy camper here"
- bruce...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 17, 2023
Doan's Pills (magnesium salicylate) "I took this for lower back pain after doing a lot of physical work I wasn't used to, such as bending and contorting my body. It worked well for me considering the pain I was in. I only had to take the initial dosage for relief."
- Shawn
- February 25, 2018
"I suddenly found myself suffering from sciatica. It was very debilitating and missed 3 days of work. I was prescribed muscle relaxers and a steroid pack. Regular painkillers did nothing for it and wore off after a couple hours. Doan's pills was the only otc drug that worked and allowed me at least 6 hours of sleep. I had no side effects and fully endorse Doan's pills as a great otc pain killer."
- Dusty...
- January 22, 2018
Doans Pills Extra Strength (magnesium salicylate) "Right side of back from waist area so painful can't hardly move. Had high hopes, since Doan's extra strength was a different ingredient from Tylenol or Advil. It didn't even begin to touch the pain. In fact it got worse. Had to take 1300 mg of Tylenol 2 hours later just to function. I'm so sorry Doan's."
- MJK
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- May 9, 2022
Doans Pills Extra Strength (magnesium salicylate) "My husband really likes Doans Extra Strength Pills but lately he gets coupons that are out of date (12/31/21) why are they still putting out dated coupons in the boxes? For the last few months the coupons were good. We're on fixed incomes and love $1.00 coupons. We have 4 out dated coupons. My husband buys 4 or 5 boxes at one time. We both have really bad back problems and take Doans to help with the pain."
- DeWitts
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- September 11, 2012
DeWitt's Pain Reliever (magnesium salicylate) "I am a college student and I have found this product exceptionally useful. I use it for about everything from sports, studying, to even partying. I use this product after a hard day of practice. I use this product after leaning over a book all night and my neck hurts. I use this product for a hangover after a long night out at the bars."
- Lee...
- March 22, 2013
DeWitt's Pain Reliever (magnesium salicylate) "I strongly recommend that everyone uses this product. I am a very skeptical person when it comes to putting anything in my body, which is why I am so paranoid when it comes to many products. DeWitt's Pain Reliever though is handled by a 100 year old company though and that gives me a sense of security. For the effectiveness of this product, I can't give it anything less than 5 out of 5 stars because it has become my new aspirin. I use it for headaches and soreness all the time!"
- Merlyn
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 3, 2022
Doans Pills Extra Strength (magnesium salicylate) "AWESOME!!! After years of MAJOR back pain, and many nerve burnings and nerve blocks, I was desperate! I tried Doams and the FIRST day, OMG!!!! Insanely incredible! What relief! Try these! WHAT do you have to do but loose pain!!!!"
- Judy
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- December 1, 2019
"I've had back pain ever since catching a bigger person fall. I've tried everything Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Advil, generics. I never thought to buy 24 caplet of anything based on the freq I had to use them. After years of living with it I just got used to feeling back pain, that it's always there, and just have to deal with it for the rest of my life until I used Extra Strength Doan's. Within half hour my back pain was completely gone for me. The reason I'm on this website because I was looking to see how it works because I was in complete shock that it did and ran into stories similar to mine. I don't know how but it worked for me!"
- Max
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 23, 2020
Doans Pills Extra Strength (magnesium salicylate) "I had months of back and leg pain. I went to physical therapy for weeks, it didn't help much. Finally, I tried Doans Pills, and they helped a lot! At least for the first few days..."
- finnnn
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- August 16, 2021
Doans Pills Extra Strength (magnesium salicylate) "These work really well on lower back pain. I would get back pain after performing routine household tasks. Using these helps a lot."
- Chronic...
- March 21, 2018
Doan's Pills (magnesium salicylate) "Not worth the dollars I spent on it. It just feels like overpriced aspirin. It doesn't do anything."
- Big...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- August 4, 2018
"Best back pain medicine I have ever used! I wish I had tried years ago."
- Anony...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 13, 2023
"Great for back pain. Better than acetaminophen, ibuprofen, etc."
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Doans Pills Extra Strength (magnesium salicylate) "Suffered a small fractured upper back in April by running my vacuum. It has now healed, but I still have occasional back pain. Tried many over-the-counter meds with no help. Searched out Doans. Took my first 2 Saturday at 1 p.m., pain gone by 7 p.m. Took 2 more. Woke up today, no pain. Took 2 more at 9 a.m., so far no pain. I think I found the answer to the pain problem."