Vanishing Scent Bengay Gel provides pain relief related to minor arthritis, backache, muscle, and joint pain. Made with 2.5 percent menthol for cooling relief, it penetrates deeply to ease aches and pains.

This medication is used to treat minor aches and pains of the muscles/joints (such as arthritis, backache, sprains). Menthol works by causing the skin to feel cool and then warm. These feelings on the skin distract you from feeling the aches/pains deeper in your muscles and joints.

Ingredients : Active: Menthol 2.5%... Purpose: Topical Analgesic. Inactive: Camphor, Carbomer, DMDM Hydantoin, Isoceteth20, Isopropyl Alcohol, PEG40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Water.

Active ingredients Bengay: Original – 18.3% methyl salicylate and 16% menthol. Bengay: Muscle Pain/Ultra Strength – 30% methyl salicylate, 10% menthol, and 4% camphor. Bengay: Ice Extra Strength – 10% menthol. Bengay: Muscle Pain/No Odor – 15% triethanolamine salicylate.

Apply a Bengay Ultra Strength skin patch to clean, dry skin. Press the patch firmly into place and wear it for up to 8 hours.

Bengay. Contrary to what you might have thought, there was never a creative doctor named Ben Gay. French physician Dr. Jules Bengué realized in the late 19th century that menthol and methyl salicylate provided a nice warming, pain-killing sensation when rubbed on the skin.

Bengay Ultra Strength is used when needed and does not have a daily dosing schedule. Do not use the product more often than directed on the label.

This medication is for use on the skin only. Apply to the affected area no more than 3 to 4 times a day. If you are using the cream, gel, or liquid, rub in gently and thoroughly. Some liquid forms of this medication should be shaken before use.

Menthol: This ingredient is sourced primarily from peppermint and is a key component in the smell that is produced from bengay and other products similar to bengay like Icy Hot.

Bengay Ultra Strength is used when needed and does not have a daily dosing schedule. Do not use the product more often than directed on the label.

Bengay is a topical product that may temporarily ease arthritis pain. Its active ingredients include menthol, which creates a cooling sensation and helps dilate blood vessels, which can help soothe pain.