Question about otc meds

[E.B]

Question just popped in my head. What happens physically if you take say an aleve and you have no pain?

I believe some people are instructed to take certain pain pills when not in pain.

What does an OTC pain pill do to the body if no pain exists? Just a question based on curiousity.

 

[Cuchculan]

Some might get small side effects. Very few would. but if they did, you might get them. if you are on any other form of medication, depending on what you took, it might interact with what you take as a rule. Apart from those two, not a lot would happen. Though some forms of OTC pain pills can become addictive to some people. not saying 1 pill and you are addicted. Some people just take them for no known reason at all. They can't stop taken them. not really worth doing if you have no sort of pain. But taken just one would most probably do nothing at all to you.

 

[mollyfin]

The same thing that would happen if you took it when you had pain. Except you wouldn't get any benefits from it.