painkiller
Example Sentences
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Wall Street has been focusing on the company’s next-generation painkiller Journavax, as well as its IgA nephropathy treatment.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
However it stops short of the NHS Lanarkshire guidance that people currently taking the painkiller should begin cutting back.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
The idea that a humble painkiller could help prevent cancer is both exciting and provocative.
From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026
In the MDL action against Merck & Co.’s painkiller Vioxx, almost a third of injury claims were unsubstantiated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
"A monochrome Jackson Pollock," Jane says, and then tells Tiny, "We gotta bolt. This band is like a root canal sans painkiller."
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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