Any arthritis sufferers here use Diclofenac Sodium Topical Gel?

[CTyankee]

My lower back could use some help! I ran across an old tube (expired) and wondered if it still (or did) work. I guess my memory problems made me misplace it. However, I read the label and it had expired so I will throw it away. Now I wonder if I should replace it.

[PJMcK]

1. No, but I recently had surgery to relieve arthritic pain

I told my neurosurgeon it wasn't arthritis but early onset rigor mortis!

[CTyankee]

2. I'm hoping for massage therapy! At least once a week at minimum!

[Dave in VA]

3. I used it on my hands

and it worked great relieving the pain, but after about three months the itching began. My skin was having a reaction to the medication. Stopped using it the pain returned but the itching stopped. Go figure!

Good luck with it though. It did decrease my joint pain while I was able to use the Volteran.

[Traildogbob]

4. I do! The VA gives me

A stronger prescription dosage than over counter.
Volteran is a name brand.
I use the gel for arthritis whenever it creeps up.
Getting old is not for sissies.
Good luck to you. It’s only been an over the counter for a few years.

[bottomofthehill]

5. Same here. I use the target brand and it helps

I have used it on my wrist, ankle and foot. It helps. I am not afraid of expired pills, but liquids and gels seem to not work as well when expired

[MiHale]

6. That stuff didn't work well for me...

I use a roll-on lidocaine 4% keeps stuff at bay for awhile. I combine that with mindful cannabis use.

[Polly Hennessey]

7. For me, it's good old Mineral Ice. Works like a charm.

[CTyankee]

8. Is that a brand name?

[Norrrm]

9. Fingers. Toes. Shoulders. It works.

[Bmoboy]

10. Diclofenac is in the NSAID family

Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drug.

So if you also use Ibuprofen, Advil, Aleve, Motrin, watch for GI side effects.

I have used Voltaren with some relief - lower back, hand arthritis, forearm nerve pain.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. My Wife Has Tried It

It helped some for her fingers, less so for her shoulder, not at all for her back.
It may be because the inflammation in or near the spine is too far below the surface for the medicine to have much effect.
That would explain helping the fingers too, since there's not much distance between the skin & the arthritic irritation.