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What does a native speaker say when his pain reduces gradually after taking medicine? Is it, "My pain is easing", or something else?

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    "The pain is easing" or "going away". "It [the medicine] is helping" among other possibilities.
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented May 1, 2022 at 13:48
  • If one is just talking (about) medicine, it's the placebo effect.
    – DrMoishe Pippik
    Commented May 1, 2022 at 16:40
  • @DrMoishePippik No, this is about taking real medicine which is taking effect. Morphine, for instance, doesn't produce the placebo effect.
    – gotube ♦
    Commented May 2, 2022 at 2:24
  • Please note: we don't say the pain reduces. Pain does not reduce. Pain is reduced by taking A, B or C. It has to be passive in English.
    – Lambie
    Commented May 3, 2022 at 18:14

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In my experience, what is normally said is

The morphine is kicking in.

(Substitute name of painkiller as appropriate.)

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We usually say "pain relief" or "pain easing"/"to ease pain"

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Options:

  • The pain eased after taking the medication.
  • The pain tapered off after taking the medication.
  • The pain reduced after taking the medication.
  • The pain was lessened after taking the medication.

If the pain went away completely, you might say:

  • The pain ceased after taking the medication.
  • The pain ended after taking the medication.
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  • Any of the first four answers could also be used naturally with present continuous, which I believe is the OP's question, based on the guess they made about "my pain is easing", despite the wording of the question itself
    – gotube ♦
    Commented May 2, 2022 at 2:26
  • (the) pain was reduced because pain can't take reduce anything. And we generally say: after I took the medication.
    – Lambie
    Commented May 3, 2022 at 17:01
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Other options include "I feel better now", "It hurts less", "The painkillers kicked in and that helped take the edge off", " I think the oxy is starting to hit", or perhaps "The(/my) pain went down after taking ... " Or "my (part of body) is getting better"/"my pain is starting to go away".

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In English, if you take a medication for pain (let's say a headache), you can do one of two things:

  1. Talk about how you feel:

I feel better. I am better now. My head or leg or whatever doesn't hurt as much. Or: is no longer bothering me.

OR 2) Talk about the medication:

  • This aspirin works very well. My headache is not so bad now.
  • The aspirin worked. I no longer have a headache.
  • The aspirin is working or taking effect. My headache is easing.

All the other suggestions gives such as the pain has eased, the pills have kicked in, the pills have relieved the pain are all correct also.

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