Although OTC medications are able to stop the headache or at least lessen its strength, but these are abortive medicines. These OTC has no side effects; you can use them without any hesitation but mind you as to direct. It will have a bad effect to you if you take as a long term medication like analgesic, such as Tylenol (acetaminophen), Bayer (aspirin), and Advil (ibuprofen). The headache will again bounce back to you, if you would use this daunted products more than twice a week. These analgesics can make problem for you as you depend upon this analgesic with frequently and it is sure that headache will rebound to you.

You should also be aware of analgesic, which has other side effects. While you are consuming alcohol, you should not take the trademark for pain killer-Tylenol. Not only the liver but also some other organs may damage by using this composition Tylenol and alcohol together. If the two substances of this pain killer are hitting your liver same time then it is sure damage to liver although it does not always take a significant amount of either.

You should take Ibuprofen and aspirin always with food and milk because these tend to be rough on the stomach. The other problem like damage to the stomach and intestines, creating heartburn, ulcers, and even deadly intestinal bleeding can also occurred by taking this pain relievers.