pain pill

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Noun

pain pill - a medicine used to relieve pain

acetaminophen, Anacin III, Datril, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, Tylenol - an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets)

acetanilid, acetanilide, phenylacetamide - a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic

acetophenetidin, acetphenetidin, phenacetin - a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic

amidopyrine, aminopyrine - a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic

acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph - the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets

codeine - derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relieve pain)

colchicine - an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout

Fentanyl, Sublimaze - trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug

Dilaudid, hydromorphone, hydromorphone hydrochloride - a narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain

medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

morphia, morphine - an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain

pentazocine, Talwin - analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine

phenazopyridine, Pyridium - analgesic (trade name Pyridium) used to treat urinary tract infections

Darvon, propoxyphene, propoxyphene hydrochloride - a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive

sodium salicylate - a crystalline salt used as an analgesic and antipyretic

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When broken down into individual health boards, Grampian issued 190,980 pain pill prescriptions and Highlands gave out 252,785.

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Dr Mosley explains: "For example, if you're testing a new back pain pill, some of the volunteers will receive the actual pill and others will receive the placebo, but they won't know which one they're taking.

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Flair also confessed that he had never taken a pain pill in his life, but often relied on booze to ease the pain from his wrestling injuries.

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At some point, most were given a prescription for a "pain pill".

From the editor's desk

Roman says the lucrative nature of the pain pill business, deeply ingrained medical beliefs and residue of the prescribe-first, worry-later attitudes in some corners of the pain management community have made change slow in coming.

Medication nation

The number of opioid pain pill prescriptions written per 100 residents varies by state.

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After his doctor stopped prescribing the prescription pain pill, he started buying it on the street.

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Now, five years later, pain pill abuse is down, but heroin use has soared.

Department of unintended consequences: did Florida's crackdown on pill mills create a heroin epidemic?

These survey results help illuminate the disturbing trend that many modern-day heroin users are arriving at that addiction from prescription pain pill addiction.

Opioid Rx linked to heroin use later

Meanwhile, from 2010 to 2012 pain pill overdoses declined significantly in men, people under 45 years old, those who live in the South, and non-Hispanic whites.

Heroin overdoses spur focus on naloxone

From 2010 to 2012, pain pill overdoses declined significantly in men, people under 45 years old, those who live in the South, and non-Hispanic whites.