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
It describes paracetamol as the "first choice" pain killer for women who are breastfeeding.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
Brianna, who weighs 6 kg, just received her shots and needs a pain killer.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
In 1900, Bayer, the German pharmaceutical company that had developed aspirin, introduced a much stronger brand of pain killer in the United States.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2020
I was then given a local anesthetic and braced myself, recalling that the pain killer did little during the bone marrow test.
From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann