Do painkillers completely remove feeling of pain?

Yes and no. If you are not used to taking painkillers, they often remove all or 95+% of the pain. If you're not used to taking painkillers, if you go in for surgery, you can bet whatever they give you for surgery usually will make you so loopy in the first couple minutes you wouldn't care if they cut your head off. read more

If you do have a serious, diagnosed, chronic pain problem from back problems, arthritis, etc., and have been on painkillers for years, the effect becomes less and less effective the longer you take them. read more

Pain killers - in my case, have never taken the pain away completely. Its like my body has a migraine all over. Exercise relieves it, to a certain extent, but it always comes back. read more

They relieve pain in two ways: first by interfering with and blocking the transmission of pain signals to the brain, and then by working in the brain to alter the sensation of pain. These drugs neither find nor kill pain, but reduce and alter the user's perception of the pain. read more