I have had problems over the years with a herniated lumbar disc causing back spasms. Alcohol was more effective than OTC pain medications, by far, and seemed to work better as a muscle relaxer than what the doctor provided (methcarbamol, IIRC). You want to be very careful about mixing alcohol with medications, though, even OTC stuff.
yeah, I wouldn’t mix alcohol and narcotics and/or benzodiazepines...well maybe a shot or two to potentiate an Ultram but, me personally, not with anything stronger and I’ve never had anything stronger than an Ultram which, I found to be a very effective pain medication actually... especially with a shot or two of 80 proof. No doctor would ever recommend that and neither am I but in all honesty the alcohol definitely made it more effective. I’d say it turned 1 tablet into almost 2 tablets.