as in sedatives
something (as a drug) that relieves pain
the doctor prescribed an analgesic and rest for my injured knee
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Recent Examples of analgesics
Across all participants, 81% reduced their use of oral analgesics, and the suppository was well-tolerated, with most participants willing to use it again.
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Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Here's what to know about the medication, a powerful painkiller that belongs to a group of medicines called opioid analgesics.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Turmeric may have effects similar to those of analgesics, medicines used to relieve pain.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2026
The draft guidance could shape clinical trial designs, labeling considerations and FDA review expectations for future prescription non-opioid analgesics seeking approval for chronic pain indications, potentially influencing investment and development priorities in the pharmaceutical industry.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The drug breaks ground as the first and only in a category of non-opioid analgesics to treat fibromyalgia.
—New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2025
Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Here's what to know about the medication, a powerful painkiller that belongs to a group of medicines called opioid analgesics.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Turmeric may have effects similar to those of analgesics, medicines used to relieve pain.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2026
The draft guidance could shape clinical trial designs, labeling considerations and FDA review expectations for future prescription non-opioid analgesics seeking approval for chronic pain indications, potentially influencing investment and development priorities in the pharmaceutical industry.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The drug breaks ground as the first and only in a category of non-opioid analgesics to treat fibromyalgia.
—New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for analgesics
painkillers
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But that’s not what happened in his story, where Rue was killed when her cover was blown, and her boss Alamo Brown (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) gave her painkillers laced with fentanyl.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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The season wrapped with the heartbreaking death of Zendaya's Rue Bennett, who overdoses on laced painkillers given to her by Alamo Brown (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje).—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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“Analgesics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analgesics. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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