Pain Relief It's Not Just Aspirin.(various types of pain relief medication )

Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication | January 1, 1999| | Copyright

Today, pain relief comes in many forms, from NSAIDs to narcotics.

As long as people have lived, they've had pain. And as long as they've had pain, people have searched for relief from it. During the Stone Age, holes were drilled in skulls to let out evil spirits thought to cause headaches. A Babylonian clay tablet from 2250 B.C.E. offered a prescription to relieve toothaches. In ancient Greece, holes were punched in the skin to absorb opiates. Charms and incantations, plants and trees, holy smoke, and magic waters have all been used to relieve pain. Fortunately, ...

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