How can medicines like ibuprofen and acetaminophen work on a number of (seemingly) unrelated symptoms (reducing fevers, joint pain, muscle pain, headaches, toothaches, etc.)? Do they do just one thing that affects all of these processes or do they do lots of different things at once?
by /u/jradio610 in /r/askscience
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