An curved arrow pointing right. Advil, Tylenol, Aleve, and Aspirin. These over-the-counter drugs are essential to our daily body pains. But are we really using the right one for a headache?

As soon as a headache or fever starts, many people reach into the medicine cabinet for Tylenol or the generic acetaminophen.

or Tylenol. There’s ibuprofen, which is used in products including Advil and Motrin. There’s aspirin, which, like ibuprofen, is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), and there’s ...

Unlike aspirin, acetaminophen is strictly an analgesic and antipyretic. It does not reduce inflammation, but nor does it upset the stomach. However, acetaminophen at high doses can cause liver ...

Over-the-counter drugs like aspirin or ibuprofen might help protect against dementia, a new study suggests. These NSAIDs (non ...

or Tylenol. There’s ibuprofen, which is used in products including Advil and Motrin. There’s aspirin, which, like ibuprofen, is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), and there’s ...

Analgesics are, first and foremost, pain relievers, but they also help lower fever and reduce inflammation. The most common ...