pain medication/reliever
noun
: a drug that decreases or removes pain
prescription pain medication/relievers
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Purdue Pharma and its owners, members of the Sackler family, reached a multibillion-dollar settlement this year to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the pain medication OxyContin caused a widespread opioid addiction crisis in the US.
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Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
For You The 10% tariff on all imports from China is in effect and may impact the price of OTC pain medication, supplements, and antibiotics.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 6 Feb. 2025
The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of a new non-opioid pain medication this week, marking the first time in over two decades that the agency has approved a non-opioid pain drug with a novel mechanism of action.
—Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
With this approval, Vertex becomes the first pharmaceutical company in 25 years to introduce a new class of pain medication in the United States.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
For You The 10% tariff on all imports from China is in effect and may impact the price of OTC pain medication, supplements, and antibiotics.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 6 Feb. 2025
The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of a new non-opioid pain medication this week, marking the first time in over two decades that the agency has approved a non-opioid pain drug with a novel mechanism of action.
—Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
With this approval, Vertex becomes the first pharmaceutical company in 25 years to introduce a new class of pain medication in the United States.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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