Salonpas® Pain Relief Patch is licensed as a medicine by the MHRA, and contains an anti-inflammatory ingredient, which provides numerous benefits.
- Salonpas® Pain Relief Patch is actually a medicine and clinically proven pain relief for aches and pains.
- Active ingredients are absorbed through the skin, reaching the site of pain directly, bypassing the stomach.
- Salonpas® Pain Relief Patch can be applied easily and does not require any rubbing that can be painful in its own right.
- The sticky part of Salonpas® Pain Relief Patch is applied to the skin, so you don’t have to worry about the medicine getting in contact with your clothes or hands.
- Salonpas® Pain Relief Patches are ultra-thin, flexible and stretchable, which makes them extremely discreet and allows them to be applied to the most common sites of muscular pain.
- Salonpas® Pain Relief Patch can be applied for up to 12 hours and is suitable for both day – and night-time use.
Ingredients
Active Ingredients (each patch) – 105mg of methyl salicylate, 31.5mg of levomenthol.
Inactive ingredients – Alicyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin, liquid paraffin, polyisobutylene, styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, synthetic aluminium silicate, backing cloth and plastic film.
Warnings and precautions
Do not use:
- If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to any of the ingredients of the medicine.
- If you suffer with allergic conditions, have a history of allergy or had attacks of asthma, especially when taking other pain killers, medicines to reduce fever and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
- If you are taking similar pain relieving products as the combination can cause additional side effects, if in doubt ask your pharmacist.
- If you have had a severe heart condition.
- If you have severe problems with your kidneys or liver.
- If you have any bleeding ulcers or bleeding problem.
- If you are in the third trimester (last 3 months) of pregnancy.
- On children and adolescents under 18 years of age.
- On open wounds, irritated skin, eyes or mucosa.
- If you suffer with allergic conditions or have a history of allergy, especially when taking other pain killers, medicines to reduce fever and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
The product should not be used on open wounds, irritated skin, eyes or mucosa.
Take special care:
- If you have or have had stomach ulcer/bleeding or a history of gastrointestinal (stomach) ulcer or chronic dyspepsia (discomfort after eating or heartburn).
- If you have a history of asthma.
- Exercise caution if elderly, as you are generally more prone to adverse side effects.
- Prolonged or repeated use of the product can cause sensitisation (hypersensitivity).
- Treatment must be stopped if allergic (hypersensitivity) reactions occur.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.
Consult your doctor before using Salonpas® Pain Relief Patch if you are taking anticoagulants such as warfarin (medicines that thin your blood).
This product is typically dispatched within 1-2 working days from date of order
Please note that we do not operate at the weekends. Orders placed after 2pm Friday will not get processed until the following Monday morning.
Standard Delivery
Our standard delivery charge is £2.90.
We use a tracked 48 Hour service for our standard delivery.
Next Day Delivery
Due to COVID-19 we are not currently offering Next Day Delivery as our couriers are not always adhering to the delivery timescales, we will introduce this again in the future.
Prescriptions
Private prescription medicines are sent by courier, tracked 24hr delivery, free of charge (all private prescription items have a minimum order value of £5.00). NHS prescription medicines are sent by courier, tracked 24hr delivery.
Normal delivery charges will apply for non-prescription items in the same basket.
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