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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