The word "painkillers" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to medications that are taken to relieve pain. For example, "I need to get some painkillers to relieve my headache."
The legislation remains blocked but the health minister, Sussan Ley, has just instigated a review which would remove free over-the-counter medications such as painkillers and antacids for pensioners and concession card holders under the safety net.
Then I went to bed, took some painkillers and fell asleep.
Mary's leg will be treated with painkillers and physiotherapy.
I would carry on taking the painkillers, but I was warned to take no more because I've already taken far too many.
Something in tyres, in painkillers or in Chinese herbal medicine.
But then, against the advice of a doctor, I left without x-rays or a CT scan, clutching only a supply of painkillers and antibiotics.
In Hungary, you have to work for less money, or work much more János Bélteczki Another account tells of a dentist in north-east Hungary demanding a pocket payment for every local anaesthetic: "Root canal surgery, pulling a tooth, getting a filling, whatever; if you don't have the extra cash, no painkillers for you".
Struggling to cut through the chatter coming from the floor, an unimpressed Hawley, apparently on strong painkillers for his back, announced he would like an ice cream.
I thought I knew where the next foot would land, but actually it landed three feet below where I thought it would and [I got a] jolt up my back – that's when I started really needing lots of painkillers.
That oversupply feeds the black market: last year 11m Americans used illicitly-acquired prescription painkillers, more than the number who used cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine and LSD combined.
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