Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, Ibuprofen News

Q: I have taken Advil for years for inflammation or pain. I have stopped because I began to have ringing in the ears, ear pain, dizziness and loss of hearing.

Most general body aches can be relieved with over-the-counter pain medication such as aspirin or aspirin substitutes.

Antiviral medications can sometimes help lessen influenza symptoms, but require a prescription.

Q: What is Osteoarthritis? A: The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis also known as degenerative joint disease.

Psoriatic arthritis is a disease that deals the body a double blow. Both skin and joints are affected by this autoimmune disorder.

This is the kind of news that gives us a headache. Better reach for the Advil. For the second time in its 100 year history, BC Headache Powder is being hawked by a country crooner.

Let's say you go to your local pharmacy to pick up your prescription for high blood pressure.

By about age 50, more than half of adults have dealt with hemorrhoids. The November issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter covers home treatments that can relieve symptoms of this common and embarrassing problem.

Dear Dr. Gott: Could you please address the causes and cures for Morton's neuroma of the foot? Is surgery the ultimate answer? If so, how effective and safe is it? Dear Reader: A Morton's neuroma is a noncancerous growth of thickened nerve tissue that can present in several areas of the body.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 36 and have been married for four years. My menstrual periods are very painful, and have been so for at least seven years.

Editor's Note: This column appears in the Nevada Appeal Wednesday health pages throughout the flu season.

Over-the-counter painkillers such as ibuprofen or naproxen -- usually sold as Advil and Aleve -- may protect people from Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported.

New Zealand has given the world much, Lord of the Rings Movies, Flight of the Concords, splitting the atom, and conquering Mount Everest.

Ever take Advil, Tylenol or aspirin when you get a flu shot, just in case you might have some discomfort or get a fever? Turns out, you might want to suck it up and go without the meds.

Fortunately, most common back pain eases no matter what you do. But Good Housekeeping says some treatments are more beneficial than others.

Some experts say the counter pain relievers could lessen the effectiveness of vaccines, including H1N1 and the seasonal flu vaccines.

Sales at local pharmacies of flu-related items such as thermometers and face masks remain brisk as the H1N1 flu death toll mounts and the vaccine remains in short supply.

Squished sideways in a hotel tub chair, wearing two different socks and a pair of old Converse -- the laces of which get repeatedly tied and untied throughout the interview -- is 42-year-old Welsh author Jon Ronson.

With flu vaccination season in full swing, research from the University of Rochester Medical Center cautions that use of many common pain killers - Advil, Tylenol, aspirin - at the time of injection may blunt the effect of the shot and have a negative effect on the immune system.

If the swine flu continues to hit Michigan as hard as epidemiologists and public health officials predict it will, many Michiganians will be too sick for at least a week to leave their homes for work, school or shopping.