pain medication/reliever
noun
: a drug that decreases or removes pain
prescription pain medication/relievers
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One was Thomas Lauder Brunton, a physician who, in the 1860s, discovered amyl nitrate’s ability to lower blood pressure upon inhalation, and began prescribing it to angina patients as a pain reliever.
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Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Children could face a higher risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) if their mothers took acetaminophen — a common pain reliever and fever reducer — during pregnancy, researchers have found.
—Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
In some cases, the research also grouped similar treatment types together (like two different types of pain medication), potentially muddying results.1
Why Do So Many Treatments Not Work?
—Sarah Garone, Health, 24 Mar. 2025
Taking a common over-the-counter pain reliever could help keep certain cancers from spreading.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
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Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Children could face a higher risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) if their mothers took acetaminophen — a common pain reliever and fever reducer — during pregnancy, researchers have found.
—Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
In some cases, the research also grouped similar treatment types together (like two different types of pain medication), potentially muddying results.1
Why Do So Many Treatments Not Work?
—Sarah Garone, Health, 24 Mar. 2025
Taking a common over-the-counter pain reliever could help keep certain cancers from spreading.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pain medication/reliever
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“Pain medication/reliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pain%20medication%2Freliever. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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