I USED THEM FOR AWHILE AND THEY DID WORK BUT THEY WERE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ME, DONT REMEMBER THE COST B/C THAT WAS WHEN FIBROJUST STARTED, BUT I KNEW I COULD NOT AFFORD THEM, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL THE PHARM. TO GET A PRICE CHECK W/YOUR INS...HOPE THIS HELPS.....LOVE

Do you recall which brand? And thanks for answering me so quickly. Hope your Ok Helen I love having you to tell me these things. What would I do without that brain of yours???

I've had pain in the buttocks for years on both sides. I can't remember the name of the muscle but it tenses from, wait for it...STRESS! My husband used to try to massage it for me (stop giggling) but it is such a deep muscle that it's hard to get to and requires a lot of presure.

Heat will help it relax, but you should be stretching it or massaging it while you are heating it, otherwise the muscle just bakes into the same condition it was when you started. Think of it like warming up and stretching your muscles before a run or a marathon walk. Since I started on all the meds I'm on for RA I haven't had it very much. It was a chronic problem for me for YEARS. I take drugs for FM, RA & OA and I wouldn't even begin to know which drugs are helping me. If you want a list, let me know LOL! Hope you get it relaxed! Hugs jilly

Hi V

I have this daily and yes I use patches when my doctor gives them to me - my old doctor had no problem giving them to me but because they are expensive my new doctor doesn't like to. CAT

bump - i need to see if I can get some more info on this...

They didn't work for me, but I was on the generic. I have heard ALOT about how the brand and generic are VERY different. I would start with the brand, and if you don't get relief, try generic. Some people have luck with generic, some people have luck with brand. Just depends.

Oh, but I do know you can get covers for them for free from the company that makes them. They won't stay on without them. You can buy them for $1.50/apiece at the store, but that's kinda pricey to me. Good luck, keep us informed.

Yes I had that problem for a long time and am hoping it doesn't come back. A bit of heat helps. I think mine went away on butt and hips when I started plaquinal or apo diclo. Don't know which as I started same time. but other miseries have come to replace them. lol

You know, awhile ago while talking to a friend here, something occured to me. If I were to say to anyone else but a Fibro sufferer, "Oh I hope your butt feels better" they would think either I was nuts or totally inapproprite. We both laughed at ourselves.
See, there is something funny in everyday life.
Try the patches...what do you have to lose?

I hope your butt feels better soon. Mine has hurt for so long i have learned to live with so much of this pain until i can't stand it any longer. Thats why i had to leave work! I miss my bakery.DD (damn disease)

Ask your Doc about Lidocaine or Lidoderm patches. These helped me alot after I had surgery on my tummy. They numb the area.

i use the lidoderm patches on my lower back, butt, and shoulders they do help some. but nothing takes al the pain and discomfort away.

I have alot of muscle spasms and hypertonicity in my butt. My dr. diagnosed me with piriformis syndrome. The piriformis muscle is one of your butt muscles under thee top layer of muscles (the gluts, for short). It goes diagonal across the butt cheek. I used to use the Lidocaiine patches a couple of years ago but they were $6 a patch and I was to use 4 a day. I then also started to break out from the adhesive.
I use alot of heat and stretching. My best frienis not a heating pad - it is a heated mattress pad. Can't live without it!

I used the duragesic patch for a while and didn't really like it. It never really took care of the pain.

From what you are describing, it sounds like disc or nerve problems. Have you been diagnosed with this?

I hope you feel better and have a comfortable evening.