Painkilling patches to treat coccyx pain
If you use painkilling patches to help with coccyx pain, you need to be careful not to use them to mask the pain, sit longer, and aggravate the cause of the pain.
People have reported the use of three types of patch to help with coccyx pain. The patch is placed over the coccyx, and releases a drug into the skin.
- Lidoderm patches, which contain the local anesthetic lidocaine (also known as lignocaine), which is slowly released to give local relief of pain. Several people have had these patches, and report varying levels of pain relief. See Treatment of coccydynia with a 5% lidocaine patch: a case report
- Duragesic patches, which contain the opiod drug Fentanyl, which is slowly released to give both local and general pain relief
- Cortisone patches, which contain an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid drug.
- KefenTech patches, which contain the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Ketoprofen, with analgesic and antipyretic effects.
- Capsaicin, the hot ingredient from chillis, can be used as a patches or as a cream.
Personal experiences of painkilling patches:
2012-10-14 - Ben Lim - Anti-inflammatory plaster
2004-11-07 - Alan Palmer - Pain in the backside cured
2004-03-28 - Bruce Ashmore - Pain patches don't work so well any more - any doctors around Chicago?
2003-10-19 - Karen - Had coccygectomy after other treatments failed
2003-09-07 - Donna - Update - I've fallen and I can't get up!
2003-01-12 - Gogeomol - Fell over the cat
2002-05-05 - M O'Brien - Any link between coccyx injuries and IBS?
2001-12-19 - Kim and Alan - Kim is facing surgery
2001-08-05 - Nancy - Tried everything but still in pain
2000-12-16 - Gogooky - Lidocaine patches for pain relief
Updated 2025-07-13
