Take Your Pain Medications with Skill

Illustration: (c) Anne Asher

There's lots to know about taking medication for back or neck pain - what the side effects are, if they are brand or generic, if they are available over-the-counter, to name a few things. Here are some terms you can go over, to be sure you clearly understand your choices.

Also, you can test you knowledge on particular types of OTC pain meds, to be sure you're getting the right one for you:

• How Much Do You Really Know About Taking Over-the-Counter Pain Medications?
• Tylenol for Back Pain - Take the Quiz
• Aspirin for Back Pain - Test Your Knowledge
• Motrin Quiz - Check Your Facts
• Take the Aleve Quiz