List of Pain Relief Medications and Drugs

Considering taking medication to treat Pain? Below is a list of common medications used to treat or reduce the symptoms of Pain. Follow the links to read common uses, side effects, dosage details and read user reviews for the drugs listed below.

Zycolchin (Colchicine)

Generic Colchicine (Colchicine) 0.5mg affects the way the body responds to uric acid crystals, which reduces swelling and pain.Because Generic Colchicine (Colchicine) 0.5mg was developed prior to federal regulations requiring FDA review of all marketed drug products, not all uses for Generic Colchicine (Colchicine) 0.5mg have been approved by the FDA. As of 2009, Colcrys is the only brand of Generic Colchicine (Colchicine) 0.5mg that has been approved by the FDA.

 The Colcrys brand of Generic Colchicine (Colchicine) 0.5mg is FDA-approved to treat gout in adults, and to treat a genetic condition called Familial Mediterranean Fever in adults and children who are at least 4 years old.Generic forms of Generic Colchicine (Colchicine) 0.5mg have been used to treat or prevent attacks of gout, or to treat symptoms of Behcets syndrome (such as swelling, redness, warmth, and pain).Generic Colchicine (Colchicine) 0.5mg is not a cure for gouty arthritis or Behcets syndrome, and it will not prevent these diseases from progressing.

Generic Colchicine (Colchicine) 0.5mg should not be used as a routine pain medication for other conditions.Generic Colchicine (Colchicine) 0.5mg may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Imitrex (Sumatriptan)

Generic Imitrex (Sumatriptan) is a headache medicine. It is believed to work by narrowing the blood vessels around the brain. It also reduces substances in the body that can trigger headache pain, nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and other migraine symptoms.Generic Imitrex (Sumatriptan) tablets and nasal spray are used to treat migraine headaches.Generic Imitrex (Sumatriptan) will only treat a headache that has already begun. It will not prevent headaches or reduce the number of attacks.

Brufen

Ibuprofen is a kind of drug that belongs to the group of medicines called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs. Ibuprofen functions in the body by blocking the action of a substance in the body called cyclo-oxygenase that is involve in the production of various chemicals in the body such as prostaglandins that causes inflammation, pain, and swelling. In other words, Ibuprofen is used to relieve pain and inflammation.

NSAIDs medicines such as Ibuprofen reduce inflammation caused by the body’s own immune system. Ibuprofen is an effective painkiller. Ibuprofen relieves pain such as muscular aches and pains, headache, backache, period pains, rheumatic pains, neuralgia, and dental pains. Ibuprofen also reduces the symptoms of colds and flu.

Arcoxia (Etoricoxib)

Arcoxia, with the generic name of Etoricoxib, works by relieving joint or chronic diseases that cause pain, swelling, stiffness, and inflammation.

Arcoxia Indications

Arcoxia is specially formulated to treat: Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis. ,Musculoskeletal pain, Gout attacks

Maxalt (Rizatriptan)

Maxalt is a popular medicine that is known to effectively decrease the widening of the patient’s blood vessels. A treatment with this drug is able to returning the widening of the patient’s blood vessels to their regular, healthy size. A treatment with this medicine is able to achieve its goal during a migraine, by effectively obstructing the release of several chemicals from the patient’s nerve endings (chemicals that are known to usually other migraine symptoms and even more pain).