How to Use pain medication/reliever in a Sentence

pain medication/reliever

noun
  • Apply the topical pain reliever to the area of the back or neck that hurts.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024
  • If one drug doesn’t work, your provider will likely prescribe a more potent pain reliever.
    Brittany Risher, SELF, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Payton’s hope is for cannabis to be embraced not just as a pain reliever but as a wellness tool for both mind and body.
    Javier Hasse, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • There is no vaccine, and it is mainly treated with pain medication.
    Time, 22 June 2023
  • But the staff just kept insisting that other pain medication might harm the baby.
    Eric Boodman, STAT, 28 May 2024
  • Glenn Colmer, 51, struggled for a year with headaches and body aches but was told to take pain medication.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • Taking a common over-the-counter pain reliever could help keep certain cancers from spreading.
    Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The mascot's performer saw a doctor, received pain medication and was sent home.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 June 2023
  • There wasn’t much doctors could do for me but give me pain medication and tell me to follow up with my primary care physician.
    Katrina Martin, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
  • And the empty pill bottle was for a pain medication Scott Sills said his wife took to treat her migraines.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2024
  • Taking an over-the-counter pain reliever like Advil (ibuprofen) or Tylenol (acetaminophen) can help.
    Cathie Ericson, Health, 23 May 2024
  • Over the course of five months, women underwent egg retrievals without any pain medication.
    Vineet Arora, STAT, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Joyce’s body couldn’t tolerate heavy pain medication, so when doctors tried to quell her agony, her face swelled and her blood pressure spiked instead.
    AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • There is not enough pain medication, antibiotics or even bandages, say doctors and nurses in the mission.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 13 May 2024
  • Fentanyl is the pain medication used during and after the extraction process.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • The station said he’d been given IV fluids and pain medication.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2023
  • In the demo, a patient had fallen and hurt her ankle and was having trouble getting her pain medication.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Cases may differ but some patients may be able to pass kidney stones by taking pain medication and drinking large amounts of water.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • The man’s olive skin had a bluish tinge and whoever had called 911 thought fentanyl, a powerful pain reliever, was the cause.
    Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • If the discomfort persists and greatly impacts your day-to-day, don't be afraid to ask a health care provider about pain medication that is safe to take when pregnant.
    Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 18 Dec. 2023
  • His body had been broken by alcohol and pain medication while his songs were rocking and haunting living room radios across the country.
    Geoff Mann, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Studies show, for example, that Black patients with fractures are less likely to get pain medication than white ones.
    Darius Tahir, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Brumley reportedly went to the emergency room several times but was sent home each time with over-the-counter pain medication.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • This option gets the job done with calamine and Pramoxine HCl 1% (a pain reliever)—both of which will help heal irritated skin.
    Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 7 May 2025
  • Acetaminophen, brand name Tylenol, is a pain reliever and fever reducer that's often included in other drugs, such as cold and flu medicines.
    Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The following day, the patient called the clinic to report heavy cramping and was instructed to take an over-the-counter pain reliever, the suit alleges.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
  • Joshua, 42, fought a long addiction to pain medication after an accident left him with a broken leg and broken feet.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Gold cites studies in which hospital patients who were able to see a nature scene outside their window healed faster and with less pain medication than those who did not have that kind of view.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Those challenges led to several dark episodes last year in which Caraveo almost took her life with a near-overdose of sleeping pills and pain medication.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Even recovery — healing from the cut and taking care of a newborn while being on pain medication and dealing with your body’s shock of having just had a baby.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024

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