How do painkillers work?

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How do painkillers work?

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Painkillers work chiefly by blocking the body's production of prostaglandins or by blocking the path...

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Do painkillers really work or is it all in the mind?

I mean would a placebo do the trick for some people? I personally find that painkillers , no matter how strong , do not alleviate pain.

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Take two vicodin and reply to this thread in the morning.

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How long does it take for painkillers to work after stopping suboxone I have a chronic painful disease and I am stopping the suboxone cold turkey tonight I have been on it for about a year and a half?

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Because of the nature of Buprenorphine, it is not a good idea to take it with other opiate pain medicine...

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How do painkillers work in your body to reduce the pain?

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Answer They slow down the receptors in your brain that sense pain.

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Are you taking any painkillers, do they work and how do they make you feel?

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I take hydrocodone and no they don't work but my MD refuses to give me anything stronger. Most of the...

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How fast do painkillers work, mainly vicodine

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Painkillers such as Vicodin will start working within 30 minutes of being ingested. This is the amount...

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How does advil and other painkillers work?

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Acetaminophen is the main ingredient in Tylenol, and Advil. This helps with aches and fevers.

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How do painkillers work?

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Depends on what kind. Some block the signal of pain to the brain, while others treat the actual source...

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If a bottle of painkillers says to take 2, how many would be deadly? b/c only 2 doesnt work for me?

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Depends majorly on what kind they are...and how many you can take within a 24hr period...id research...

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How do painkillers work?

I mean, I know that a lot of it might just be psychological, but it can't all be that. It's not like there's stuff inside the drug to numb your nerves, because then all of ...show more

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There are several known ways that pain medications work. Aspirin, ibuprofen, and other so-called non...

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