A guide to treating pain with over-the-counter medicines

We all experience pain to some degree, with the headache, the most common pain, being experienced by 96% of the population at some time in their lives. Other common pains include backache, muscular pain and aches and pains caused by the common cold. Pain does not go away if it is ignored and health care professionals recommend pain relief to limit the amount of pain experienced and to allow the body to concentrate on getting better.