Advil Targeted Relief Pain Relieving Cream, Up to 8 Hours of Powerful Relief of Minor Arthritis Pain, Joint Pain, Lower Back Pain and Muscle Pain - 2.3 oz

This cream works for pain. I havea pain pump for my lower back, which does not help anything higher than the lower back. I suffer from extreme pain from my waist up, so I ask my husband to rub it from my waist up. The pain subsides 99.9%. For some reason, my back starts to itch desperately. I have to take an Allegra and put some soothing cream on it to relieve the itching. In all honesty, I can'tblame this cream for the itching because I suffer from severe allergies to a large number of antibiotics and other prescription medications.Yesterday, I had a horrible fall and, among otherthings, I hit my right knee. An hour after the fallmy knee started throbbing in pain. My husband asked me what he could do to help. I asked him to massage this cream on my knee - very gently because of the pain. He massaged the cream very softly, but thoroughly. I was expecting to start itching soon, just like it does on my back. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the pain went away totally, and NO itching.Bottom line, this cream really, truly works to alleviate pain in different parts of the body. I highlyrecommend it!

Better than biofreeze or aspercream or any of the lidocaine products I’ve used. You WILL smell like fresh gum but it’s better than the previous old man smell. It works like magic so I don’t even care if my knees smell like gum. More for daytime or evening use. A little spicy if you only wear a t shirt to bed and use it, just sayin

Did help with the pain from back spasms while I waited to get into the doctor. Only downside is the smell it's strong and it lingers where your skin touches but I think that's pretty universal with pain relief creams.

My mother heard about this product (I think it was a commercial on TV) and we found it in our local supermarket's pharmacy -- for about $5 more than Amazon charged, thus the Amazon purchase. Mom has a spotty history with pain relief creams, but she could feel the difference, a real reduction in pain & discomfort, very quickly. It's now a regular part of the family's medical supplies. It may not be the best-smelling cream ever, but its efficacy & ease of use far outweigh that (very minor) problem.

Works very quickly and it’s effective and long lasting. The only thing is the vapor smell. I would like to wear it as I go out but some places you don’t wanna go smelling like vapor rub but other than that it’s really good.

I’ve tried many popular pain creams with similar ingredients and never had any issues or reactions. I don’t have any allergies that I’m aware of. The Advil Targeted Relief Cream worked great at first when I put it on my knees, calves and lower back before going to bed in a cold room. It was nice and icy and on the stronger side relative to other pain creams, but the next morning while working out, the areas where I used the cream the night before started burning and the skin became irritated as my body began heating up from my workout. Any exposure to heat made it worse, I went into the dry sauna and my skin was burning to the point that I had to get out. Took a cold shower and used soap to try removing any residue of the cream from my skin but it only cooled down for a little bit until my body naturally warmed up a little later. The burning sensation returned, although more tolerable and mild than earlier in morning- and even felt cooling as well- as long as I stayed in a cool environment.This cream is very strong and intense and its residual effects do not “wear off” for many hours after its intended duration. I really liked this product at first and would have definitely continued using it for pain if it didn’t have this long lasting side-effect which seems to be triggered by heat. It has a strong mentholated smell which didn't bother me since I usually apply stronger creams like this at night before bed. If you plan to use this product, I strongly recommend staying away from any heat for at least the following 12 hours. If it didn’t have these side effects, I’d give it 5 stars.

It works fast and well! Holy, I have a terrible cyst acne where the swelling was unbearable! I applied it as soon as it arrived, and after 5 minutes, most of the pain was gone! I wish I had gotten this sooner. It was super easy to apply.It's worth the money!

Works awesome! I have tendinitis in my wrist and when i put this on, yes it stinks.. but it takes the pain away overnight! Also used for my upper back. Lower neck area as I go to the chiropractor frequently for pain there and it relieved pain there as well! Icy hot and biofeeeze or even Bengay never worked for me like this advil does. Kind of want to stop up in case they change something sense its so new.