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Doans Pills Extra Strength User Reviews & Ratings

Doans Pills Extra Strength has an average rating of 8.5 out of 10 from a total of 10 reviews on Drugs.com. 80% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 10% reported a negative experience.

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Reviews for Doans Pills Extra Strength

  • Mar...
  • August 2, 2020

For Pain "Suffered a small fractured upper back in April by running my vacuum. It has now healed, but I still have occasional back pain. Tried many over-the-counter meds with no help. Searched out Doans. Took my first 2 Saturday at 1 p.m., pain gone by 7 p.m. Took 2 more. Woke up today, no pain. Took 2 more at 9 a.m., so far no pain. I think I found the answer to the pain problem."

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  • June 12, 2020

For Pain "Tried Doan's Pills because Tylenol and Aleve just didn’t help my sacroiliac pain. The pain has been mild and ongoing for a year since a fall last January and has been manageable with ice and heat packs. But I am on my feet more through the day now since switching jobs, and the pain had become unbearable... took two Doan’s, and the pain was gone. I literally almost cried, thought I would need to have injections to get rid of the pain. This is definitely my new go-to pain medication."

10 / 10
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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • December 16, 2018

For Inflammatory Conditions "I went to urgent care. They gave me a pain shot because my back was so sore, and I think it was muscle pain in my lower back. I suffered for two weeks and wanted to get an X-ray, but I gave up waiting for an X-ray after two hours at Springfield Imaging. Then I remembered Doans Pills. I felt relief after the second dosage. It’s not totally gone, but it’s so much better than it was the last two weeks."

9 / 10
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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • January 5, 2013

For Pain "I have lower back pain to the point that I'm in a lot of pain after walking only 20 minutes or so. I was getting very discouraged. One morning, my partner gave me some Doan's Pills, and my back pain disappeared. I was amazed, and we started going to stores to try to find it. Not as easy as we thought. Finally, we found some, and I hope it continues to help me as much as it has the first day. Keep your fingers crossed."

10 / 10
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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • October 30, 2015

For Inflammatory Conditions "As for the pain, the Doan's Extra Strength were like a dream come true. On the 3rd day, I woke up with ear noise, awful ringing in both ears. Researched and found it was a side effect of the medicine. I am still ringing in both ears, so today I will not take it and see if it stops."

6 / 10
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  • January 22, 2018

For Pain "Right side of back from waist area so painful can't hardly move. Had high hopes, since Doan's Extra Strength was a different ingredient from Tylenol or Advil. It didn't even begin to touch the pain. In fact, it got worse. Had to take 1300 mg of Tylenol 2 hours later just to function. I'm so sorry, Doan's."

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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • January 3, 2022

For Pain "AWESOME! After years of MAJOR back pain, and many nerve burnings and nerve blocks, I was desperate! I tried Doans and the FIRST day, OMG!!!! Insanely incredible! What relief! Try these! WHAT do you have to do but lose pain!!"

10 / 10
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  • Taken for 1 to 2 years
  • May 9, 2022

For Pain "My husband really likes Doans Extra Strength Pills, but lately he gets coupons that are out of date (12/31/21). Why are they still putting outdated coupons in the boxes? For the last few months, the coupons were good. We're on fixed incomes and love $1.00 coupons. We have 4 outdated coupons. My husband buys 4 or 5 boxes at one time. We both have really bad back problems and take Doans to help with the pain."

9 / 10
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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • July 23, 2020

For Pain "I had months of back and leg pain. I went to physical therapy for weeks, it didn't help much. Finally, I tried Doans Pills, and they helped a lot! At least for the first few days..."

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  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • August 16, 2021

For Pain "These work really well on lower back pain. I would get back pain after performing routine household tasks. Using these helps a lot."

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