The best way to fight a cold is with plenty of rest and fluids, but doctors admit that medication can make the worst symptoms more bearable. But it's important to know that no drug will actually lessen the length or severity of your cold; it can only treat the symptoms.
If the pain in the buttocks is more noticeable when sitting it may be caused by tightness in the hamstring. Proximal hamstring tendonopathy and high hamstring tendonitis is defined as inflammation originating in the hamstring, causing pain in the lower buttocks, or pelvic bone region.
Pain in the buttock that radiates down the leg is commonly called sciatica. The most common cause for sciatica is irritation of the spinal nerves in or near the lumbar spine. Sometimes the nerve irritation is not in the spine but further down the leg. One possible cause of sciatica is piriformis syndrome.