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?

The most commonly used ones include ibuprofen, paracetamol and aspirin. But just because they're inexpensive and easily obtainable doesn't mean you needn't be careful when taking them. One may ...

Aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen are NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), which are used to fight fever and pain, including menstrual pain. In the bloodstream, they inhibit the enzyme ...

Is that true? You should avoid taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs — such as ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin — whenever possible. If you do need to take them, use the ...

Celebrex (celecoxib) and ibuprofen are both classified as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Both are commonly ...

There are some 20 traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs, including aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil and Motrin), naproxen (Aleve), indomethacin (Indocin), and piroxicam (Feldene).

The same study found that more than a third of ibuprofen users were taking other NSAIDs - like aspirin or naproxen - at the same time as ibuprofen, but perhaps more disturbingly, the majority of ...