Thank you Sue. It's very odd sudden onset pain..clothing hurts..no redness or swelling that I can discern so makes sense that it is nerve pain. The other piece yo this puzzle is I was prescribed 100mg doxycycline as an anti-inflammatory ( even tho it's antibiotic) it is used to try and halt the hair disease and reduce inflammation of ghis scarring alopecia..once the hair gollicle is destroyed it can never grow back as is the case with non starting alopecias. I took the doxycycline on Monday thru Thursday and read it can cause joint shoulder pain parathesias...I'm clueless and just want to be out of pain.. thank you for your kind response and I'll look for this ointment you suggested ..this pain gives the words nerve wracking a whole new meaning..it's so painful ..I'm sorry for all of us on this site..