Common Pain Patches in the U.S. Market

How Many Unique Options Do You Really Have?

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Topical pain patches are a popular option for targeted pain relief. See the list of top pain patch brands available in the US market, what their ingredients are, how many are sold per package, what their prices are, their side effects, and the duration of each patch when used. Which one looks like the unique solution meant for you?

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Salonpas

  • Active Ingredients: Methyl salicylate, Levomenthol, Camphor, and Menthol
  • Inactive Ingredients: Mineral oil, Perfume, Polyisobutylene, Styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, Synthetic aluminum silicate, Terpene resin, Titanium dioxide
  • Possible Side Effects: Warmth, stinging, or burning on the application site, coughing, sneezing, watery eyes, throat irritation may occur if you breathe in the dried residue from the medication, blistering/swelling at the application site, increased/unusual pain at the application site
  • Packaged in sets of 5, 10, or 20
  • Retail prices vary from $5 to $15
  • Patch duration: 8 to 12 hours

Icy Hot

  • Active Ingredients: Menthol and Methyl Salicylate.
  • Inactive Ingredients: Aluminum hydroxide, Cellulose gum, Glycerin, Isopropyl myristate, Sodium polyacrylate, Polyacrylic acid
  • Possible Side Effects: blistering/swelling/severe redness at the application site, increased/unusual pain at the application site, nausea/vomiting, ringing in the ears
  • Packaged in sets of 5 or 7
  • Retail prices range from $7 to $10 for a pack of 5 patches.
  • Patch duration: about 8 hours

Bengay

  • Active Ingredients: Menthol and Methyl Salicylate
  • Inactive Ingredients: Calcined kaolin, cellulose gum, glycerin, methyl acrylate, and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate copolymer
  • Possible Side Effects: Redness, mild itching, or irritation at the application site
  • Packaged in sets of 4 or 5 patches
  • Retail prices are between $6 to $10 per pack
  • Patch duration: about 8 hours

Aspercreme

  • Active Ingredient: Lidocaine, Trolamine salicylate, Diclofenac
  • Inactive Ingredients:Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cetyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Acrylate/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, and Alcohol Denat.
  • Possible Side Effects: Slight redness or irritation, Severe rash, Difficulty breathing, Serious burns, and Temporarily increased blood pressure.
  • Packaged in packs of 5 or 6
  • Retail prices can range from $7 to $12 per pack.
  • Patch duration: about 8 hours

Tiger Balm

  • Active Ingredients: Methyl salicylate, Camphor, Menthol
  • Inactive Ingredients: Diazolidinyl urea, Glycerin, Methyl glucose dioleate, Methyl paraben, Poly (methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride) decadiene crosspolymer, Propyl paraben, Propylene glycol, Purified water, Triethanolamine
  • Possible Side Effects: blistering/swelling/severe redness at the application site, increased/unusual pain at the application site, nausea/vomiting, ringing in the ears
  • Packaged in packs of 4 to 6
  • Retail prices range from $6 to $10 per pack
  • Patch duration: about 8 hours

After reading through the details of these patch options, it is clear to see that the active ingredients, pricing, packaging, side effects, and duration are all very similar.

And what if you don’t like these options? What if you respond negatively to these active ingredients or want something that lasts long enough that you don’t have to buy patches every time you buy groceries?

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We hope you will be happy with your purchase. If for any reason you are not satisfied, we hope to make it right. Please review our return policy below, select a preferred method of contact and we’ll do our very best to accommodate your return.

Reducing pain is your first priority and it is also ours. We have designed our return policy to promote that.

 

These are our return policy best practices:

  • Take all of the time offered in our return policy to allow you time to find the right placement for your patch.
  • Simply contacting us before the return policy window is over and getting started on the steps gives you access to a full return.
  • If your purchase included any “Free” patches, you must return the free patches to receive reimbursement for the paid patches.
  • We offer returns on gifted products. An order number will be required to process a return. Gift recipients are not entitled to the refund.
  • If you send products to us for a refund and you haven’t followed the return policy steps, we will not ship the products back to you.
  • We offer return shipping labels for domestic purchases of The Element Patch only. All other products must be returned at the customers’ expense.

     

RETURN POLICY STEPS

First Step: Contact our customer service team at support@gokailo.com and let them know that you’d like to return your products.

Second Step: Our customer service team member will ask you some questions about your efforts to reduce pain using our patches. Please work with us through this process because we want to give you the best opportunity possible to eliminate your pain. They will ask you:

  1. Have you seen our placement videos that give you ideas of where to place the patch for your specific pain?
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Third Step: Our customer service team will send you a return authorization form. If you are returning The Element patch and live in the U.S., our customer service team will also provide you a prepaid envelope to return the product.

 

Fourth Step: Mail your product(s) to the address on the return authorization form within 2 weeks from the time we email you the return authorization form. See the detail below about return policy lengths by product and what should be returned.

 

Fifth Step: Our returns team will receive your return, compare it to what you purchased, and refund you according to what you returned. Once returned products are received, refunds are issued within 3-5 business days to the credit card that was used to make the purchase.

 

 

THE FLEX PAIN PATCH

Return Policy Length: Contact Us Within 30 days
Subscriptions are not eligible for returns

 

What should be returned:

  • The Flex Pain patch
  • Do not return the packaging
  • Do not return any of the 5 free adhesives that came with the patch

 

THE KAILO PAIN PATCH

Return Policy Length: Contact Us Within 90 days
Subscriptions are not eligible for returns

 

What should be returned:

    • The Kailo Pain patch
    • Do not return the packaging
    • Do not return any of the 3 free adhesives that came with the patch
    • Do not return the felt protective pocket

 

KAILO ADHESIVE 10-PACKS

Return Policy Length: Contact Us Within 90 Days
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What should be returned:

    • As many adhesives as you have remaining. You will be refunded for Adhesives that are unused and undamaged.

 

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Return Policy Length: Contact Us Within 90 Days
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What should be returned:

    • As many adhesives as you have remaining. You will be refunded for Adhesives that are unused and undamaged.

 

FLEX ADHESIVE 5-PACKS

Return Policy Length: Contact Us Within 30 Days
Subscriptions are not eligible for returns

 

What should be returned:

  • As many adhesives as you have remaining. You will be refunded for Adhesives that are unused and undamaged.

 

KT-TAPE ADHESIVES

Return Policy Length: Contact Us Within 90 Days
Subscriptions are not eligible for returns

 

What should be returned:

    • Any package of KT-tape that is unopened, unused, and not purchased through a subscription or part of an Element kit can be returned for a full refund.

 

KAILO COHESIVE BANDAGE

Return Policy Length: Contact Us Within 90 Days
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What should be returned:

    • Any package of Kailo Cohesive tape that is unopened, unused, and not purchased through a subscription or part of an Element kit can be returned for a full refund.

 

THE KAILO ARMBAND

Return/Exchange Policy Length: Contact Us Within 30 days

 

What should be returned:

  • The Kailo Armband
  • Do not return the packaging
  • We offer one size exchange for the Armband if needed

 

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