pain killer

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Adding a safety warning based on flimsy evidence creates its own risks, such as deterring pregnant women from taking the pain killer and fever reducer when they need it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

"Simply offering paracetamol as a pain killer is not acceptable," she said.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2023

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is required by law to obtain a prescription before administering a controlled substance, the attorneys say, and the drug should be paired with a pain killer to avoid gratuitous harm.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2020

Brianna, who weighs 6 kg, just received her shots and needs a pain killer.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Let it all be well incorporated and you have the most excellent pain killer that was ever made.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel