need a non-NSAID anti-inflamatory

Tylenol is not an anti-inflammatory. Ask your doctor for suggestions.

www.healthline.com/health/pain-relief/is-tylenol-anti-inflammatory#overview

Tumeric is a great source of anti-inflammatory.

Celebrex- it's an nsaid but it works in the COX2 pathway and should not interfere with blood coagulation. Your dr will need to prescribe it

How about just a steroid shot or a prednisone pack?Steroid are anti-inflammatories.

trmtab - as chisandy said in her post you could try a lidocaine skin patch - which I can now get OTC here in FL at CVS and the grocery store, maybe with some BioFreeze ,which weirdly is available at my local Bed, Bath & Beyond.

trmtab - panty liners or a sanitary napkin work great for that - kind of weird, but effective. BTW, I have to ask - how did you dislocate your shoulder? I am asking because I am the world's biggest klutz, and misery loves company, lol!

Cortisone can depress the immune system (though a shot into a joint is unlikely to migrate systemically). And it can weaken the tendons & ligaments. That’s why, when my first L trigger thumb injection from Jan. 2005 wore off in late Dec. 2009 (I checked my old calendars, hence the revised years), tendon-release surgery was recommended. Unfortunately, I was due to go on tour in early Feb. and unlikely to have recovered sufficiently to be able to play guitar. So my surgeon gave me a second shot, and we scheduled the surgery for the day after returning from the tour. During the surgery, he flushed the remaining cortisone from the joint. Had I just gone with the second shot and no surgery, I might have suffered permanent thinning of the tendon & ligaments. (All that was years before breast cancer).

Last year, I developed a R trigger thumb and had the shot. When there was no relief after 8 weeks (the surgeon—a different one, as my original one retired—had said “give it at least 6 weeks”), we scheduled the surgery for a month later. My LE doc assured me I wouldn’t need to be wrapped. Three days before the surgery date I woke up and—no pain, no triggering, no nodule. I didn’t cancel, because I had no idea if that was purely temporary. When we got to the hospital and they wanted to start my I.V. for sedation, I asked them to hold off until I could speak to the surgeon. He came in, held my thumb as I flexed it, and said there was no longer any need for a “lifestyle surgery." (He was also happy, as he was running way late). If it recurs, I can always rethink it.

And for the last couple of months my R index finger has been acting up—usually worst in the morning but lately flaring up at various times. But because I’ve learned recovery can be spontaneous (shot or no shot), I’ll just tough it out for now.

trmtab - glad it is feeling better, and sorry one problem compounded another! My son swam competitively for 10 straight years, I will have to warn him to keep his shoulders strong - he is a fireman/paramedic now so he usually stays in pretty good shape. I hear you on the sleeping in weird positions - I did it with BMX and all of the subsequent surgeries, but also had issues trying to find a good way to sleep after three wide excision removals (one of them a MOHS because of a recurrence) for skin cancer on my upper back, each done two weeks apart. They were essentially lumpectomies, as at least a cubic inch was removed each time and I swear I didn't sleep for about two months, lol! Probably best to commence with the walking, your exchange is right around the corner, and you can move forward soon!