pain relief medications & treatments
Worth a lookShows low returns (0.0%), but a deep review moat (30,942 avg reviews) keeps it on the watch list.
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Great7.8%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Competition
Great39%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Avg price
Good$13.64avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Good$3.26–$31.10cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Market size
Okay$237K$237K/yr · 223K searches
Brand share
Okay82%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Growth
Bad-1.9%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Quality gap
Bad4.7★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Review moat
Bad30,942.27avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Competition
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (39% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
18 flat
Sellers
616
Top-5 brand share
82%
Open market
14%
- Amazon Basic Care47%
- Tylenol17%
- Advil8%
- Vicks5%
- Aleve5%
- Motrin3%
- Open — no brand owns it (12 brands, 14%)
Product shelf
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 44 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Amazon Basic Care Extra Strength Pain Relief Acetaminophen Caplets 500 mg Pain Reliever/Fever Reducer 100 Count
Amazon Basic Care$3.264.8★90,285 rev
Amazon Basic Care Extra Strength Pain Relief Acetaminophen Caplets 500 mg 200 Count
Amazon Basic Care$5.334.8★90,285 rev
Tylenol Rapid Release Extra Strength Gelcaps Acetaminophen 500 mg per Gel Laser Drilled Holes Allow Fast Strong Pain Relief Fever Reducer Gentle on Stomach 100 Count Size
Tylenol$12.034.8★88,762 rev
Basic Care Ibuprofen Tablets 500 Count
Amazon Basic Care$8.794.8★95,991 rev
Amazon Basic Care Extra Strength Pain Relief Acetaminophen Caplets 500 mg Pain Reliever/Fever Reducer 500 Count
Amazon Basic Care$8.504.8★90,285 rev
Newest
by launch date
Excedrin Rapid Relief Caplets 500mg Acetaminophen Fast Pain Relief in 15 Minutes 160 Count
Excedrin$16.13117 rev
Tylenol Extra Strength Acetaminophen Liquid Gels 500 mg per Gel Strong Fast Pain Relief Capsules Fever Reducer Gentle on Stomach Relieve Headache Pain Backache and Muscle Aches 40 Count
Tylenol$10.921,291 rev
Doans Maximum Strength Back Pain Relief 580 mg - 100 Caplets - Back Pain Reliever (NSAID) with Magnesium Salicylate Tetrahydrate
Doans$13.177,044 rev
Vicks PainQuil & PainQuil PM Pain Relief Liquid 1000mg Acetaminophen 2x12 oz
Vicks$15.093,029 rev
HealthCareAisle Dual Action Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen (NSAID) Tablets 250 mg /125 mg Pain Reliever - 250ct Caplets
HealthCareAisle$14.41224 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumExcedrin Rapid Relief Caplets 500mg Acetaminophen Fast Pain Relief in 15 Minutes 160 Count
Excedrin$16.134.5★
Doans Maximum Strength Back Pain Relief 580 mg - 100 Caplets - Back Pain Reliever (NSAID) with Magnesium Salicylate Tetrahydrate
Doans$13.174.4★
Amazon Basic Care Extra Strength Pain Relief Acetaminophen Caplets 500 mg Pain Reliever and Fever Reducer for Headache Backache Arthritis Pain Menstrual Cramps 1000 Count (Packaging may vary)
Amazon Basic Care$14.294.8★
Tylenol Extra Strength Acetaminophen Liquid Gels 500 mg per Gel Strong Fast Pain Relief Capsules Fever Reducer Gentle on Stomach Relieve Headache Pain Backache and Muscle Aches 40 Count
Tylenol$10.924.7★
Advil Liqui-Gels Minis Pain Reliever and Fever Reducer Pain Medicine for Adults with Ibuprofen 200mg for Pain Relief - 160 Liquid Filled Capsules
Advil$16.284.9★
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -1.9% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 14.9×
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Very Economical”
“Excellent product”
“It works quickly”
“Exactly as advertised”
“Works for my joint pain”
“Perfect scheduled dosage formulation”
“Easier to Swallow”
“Easy open”
“Muscle pain reliever”
“Also nice big size”
What buyers complain about
“No relief”
“don't work well”
“The bottle is wildly large”
“The dosages are too low”
“they are expensive”
“Taste horrible”
“Complete garbage”
“Impossible to swallow”
“not what I expected based on the advertisement”
“These pills have a ton of white powdery substance all over the inside of the bottle”