There seems to be an increase in the use of painkilling injections.
Methadone remains in the body long after its painkilling effects wear off.
She developed an addiction to painkilling medication.
The third drug, dextropropoxyphene, is also a painkilling drug; it is used in the preparation of several medicines available in this country.
Where it is diagnosed correctly it is difficult to treat, other than by rest or painkilling drugs.
He continued to play through the injury with painkilling injections, and had appeared to be recovering.
Tricyclic antidepressants have painkilling effect as well, but they're thought to do so by indirectly activating the endogenous opioid system.
