Millions of American pull out their desk drawer or shuffle through their purse every day without thinking to find medication to treat an ache, pain, or even cold symptom. But, should we be heading straight to the medicine cabinet for pain relief?
It’s a question we get a lot this time of year . . . when everyone has stiff, sore joints from winter weather and too much sedentary time watching Netflicks. Here’s one version I heard today:
“I don’t want to take any prescription pain medicine, but would the over the counter pills I have in my medicine cabinet help? It won’t hurt anything at least, right?”