How Do Pain Relievers Work? - George Zaidan

Some people take aspirin or ibuprofen to treat everyday aches and pains, but how exactly do the different classes of pain relievers work? Learn about the basic physiology of how humans experience pain, and the mechanics of the medicines we've invented to block or circumvent that discomfort.

Lesson by George Zaidan, animated by Augenblick Studios.

[soularpower]

currently 4am, took one, 200mg ibuprofen for a headache. got curious and searched up on how painkillers even work. was not dissapointed, 10/10.

[MrShelmo]

my dad has tried to explain this to me a while back but he just went into too much detail and i never really understood it. these animations make it so much easier to comprehend. thanks!

[terranceblakely]

Nothing is worse than a bad toothache..

[corekensington]

This animation is fantastic as it is simple enough for anyone to understand what happens regardless of age or educations level. Well done again!

[KaydenF]

Nature made pain to tell Man: "Hey, don't do that!"

Man made painkillers to tell Nature: "Oh, believe me, I CAN do that."

[Deesofetch]

I have a pharmacology exam in 3 days. This was very helpful thank you !

[aryaparekh]

Pain protects you from the world around you, and from yourself. Why did it hit me emotionally 🙂

[OMAk]

If pain is meant as a warning system to protect ourselves and so we take care of the problems in our body, then how come women suffer pain (sometimes even great pain) when performing a perfectly normal bodily function such as menstruation? What kind of "warning" is that?

[i.antagonist]

Anyone else decided to search how pain relievers work, right after taking pain relievers?

[imhellag]

that brain driving the car is one of the best things ive seen all day

[checkoutmypageidappreciate]

who else cringed when the dude pricked his finger

[erikbedard]

I'm a grown man but when I stub my toe on a wall corner I curl up in the fetal position for 5 mins due to the pain.

[PatrickSingsASong]

I'm having ongoing complex pain issues, and Ive gotta say, this video really hit the spot. Thank you. Nice one.

[lozzylols]

I find if I go into a form of meditation and concentrate on the pain and the area it is in, I can reduce the pain. It's hard to explain but I try to imagine the pain, like the images in this video, and imagine calming them down and letting them float away, and it does seem to ease the pain yo some degree! Also I am often in pain as I have Fibromyalgia!

[jaquelinecorvera]

This is such an entertaining and educative video. I effin love it.

[laurenfierro]

BRUV I just got that time of month pain on a whole other level

[gringobingo]

"Through pain i gain strenght"

[SuperFaooma]

It's great how a 4 minutes video summarised a lesson of 60 minutes.. Thank you =).

[xiqikxx]

I take Ibuprofen 3 times a day and it really always works to block away my painful synovial osteochondromatosis

[wsigned]

That guy's going to keep walking with that bear trap clamped to his leg and I don't think there's anything we can do about it!