NSAIDs-- or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- are among the most common pain relief medicines in the world. Every day more than 30 million Americans use them to soothe headaches, sprains ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Thursday a new type of prescription pain medication for moderate to severe acute pain for adults.

These include over-the-counter pain relievers, triptans, ditans, gepants, dihydroergotamine, steroids (usually for attacks that don’t respond to other treatment) and antinausea medications.