hi, thanks for a brief history of you. first of all you have pain in the left or right side. well let s take it in general as the upper abdomen. below the rib cage. few questions to figure out? what is the nature of the pain? are you having any gastric issue? are you facing any trouble with passing urine? have you undergone the diagnostic ultrasound scan for the abdomen region? if not please go for one as it will reveal any issues faced by the systems beneath the abdominal muscles. Now since you take medicine and feel relief it shoes the medicines are symptomatically giving you a little relief. If you have gastric issues, then your metabolism is slow for which you need to boost up your metabolism. now question comes how? the answer is to perfrom some simple core Strengthening exercises. now if you are facing with any urine related issues like low flow or if you consume less fluid in your daily routine? if that is the case kindly drink more water and empty the kidney at regular intervals. now let s come to the pain , since you said it is below the ribs then I will advice you to do some regular deep breathing exercises while placing the hand over the painful area which will also help strengthen the muscles. what your physician prescribed you was for symptomatic relief from pain. But you need to focus on improving your overall metabolism which can be possible by doing regular exercises. to come to a closer diagnosis you need to under go a diagnostic ultrasound scan. which will help rule out something over there. based on that the next step of medical action can be done. so kindly visit a internal medicine specialist and get this done. in the meantime try doing some core strengthening exercises and some deep breathing exercises. your muscles will become stronger and you will find ease of your pain. physician of your must have surely tried to figure out the issue. kindly provide the full cooperation and under go a scan of abdomen. taking too much medicine without medical guidance is not advisable. as self medication on long term always have side effects and it will lead to gastric issues which will also aggravate the pain in the same region. with the grace of God I wish you a speedy recovery.