Anti-inflammatory (or antiinflammatory) is the property of a substance or treatment that reduces inflammation or swelling. Anti-inflammatory drugs make up about half of analgesics, remedying pain by reducing inflammation as opposed to opioids, which affect the central nervous system to block pain signaling to the brain.

Reference: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-inflammatory , consulted on June 29th, 2019

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