Home > Gastroenterology > Gut Check-Know Your Medicine Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Feb 19, 2014 by MultiVu, Views: 4172 As the cold and flu season peaks, adults may take multiple over-the-counter (OTC) pain medicines to treat their pain and fever symptoms. Yet many are unaware of the serious liver or gastrointestinal damage that can result from the overdose or overuse of common OTC pain medicine ingredients.