If the medicine disrupts the pain message between brain and nerve, how do different medicines do this differently?
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Ibuprofen is a NSAID. It stops pain by reducing inflammation in your body. It blocks certain things in your body from being released which causes it to swell up and hurt when injured.
Acetaminophen/Paracetamol is still sort of a mystery on how it works
opioids work by blocking pain signals from your spinal cord to brain and relaxing your muscles
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