Summary: CBS News is reporting a recent yearlong study offering solid evidence that over-the-counter pain medications like Tylenol and ibuprofen have proven to be just as effective, if not more so in treating stubborn backaches or hip and knee arthritis. According to the lead author of this study, Dr. Erin Krebs, a physician and researcher for the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, although opioids have gained a reputation as being really powerful painkillers, that's not what the research found. To the contrary, opioids actually provided slightly less pain relief to chronic sufferers. And even though you can bet your bottom dollar, Big Pharma knew this all along, you'll never see a pharmaceutical CEO get a lethal injection of his own medicine or a bullet to the head.
