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?

Advil, Aleve and Tylenol are all popular pain medications and have important similarities and differences, but which one should you choose? Here's what you should know about these popular over-the ...

Most practitioners have established patterns in their recommendation of either acetaminophen or ibuprofen for relief of fever and pain. Treatment decisions are often based on concerns about side ...

(Advil, Motrin IB) Dosage differs, since 200 milligrams of ibuprofen is equal to 650 mg of aspirin or acetaminophen. Ibuprofen can be helpful for treating soft-tissue injuries such as strains and ...

How does Tylenol compare to the other common pain reliever, Advil? And how much of either is too much? WSJ's Sumathi Reddy explains. Photo: Allison Scott/The Wall Street Journal ...

ibuprofen and other related drugs. Acetaminophen was identified as a pain reliever in the 1890s, even before aspirin was discovered, but it did not enter widespread use until the 1950s.