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 ...

If you’re in pain and you’re looking for relief in the form of an over-the-counter drug, you’ve got a slew of options.

Tylenol? Aspirin? Ibuprofen? Which do you choose? Here is a breakdown of the most common, 0ver-the-counter pain medications. Produced by Kevin Reilly. Original reporting by Erin Brodwin and Mike ...

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 ...

Here are the key differences you need to know. No, unlike other common pain relief medications (think aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen), Tylenol isn’t an NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug).