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Does caffeine boost pain relievers for other than headaches?
Excedrin and equivalent pain relievers add caffeine to their medicine and market it for headache. I know that acetaminophen and aspirin are both good for various things but does the caffeine help it work for, say, muscle pain, or earache, or menstrual cramps, or whatever else?
I ask because I wonder if caffeine really helps with pain in of itself, or if it just relieves headache because caffeine withdrawal CAUSES headache.
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- TechwingLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
In general, where caffeine enhances the pain-killing effect of analgesics, it does so no matter what kind of pain it is. In other words, if you're taking something that contains caffeine to enhance its effect and it's recommended for toothache and headaches, then the caffeine will help the pain-killing effect for both toothache and headaches, too.
There is evidence that caffeine in itself can help with some types of headaches. Caffeine withdrawal is not a risk with the small amounts of the drug that are blended with other pain relievers such as Excedrin.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant, having the effect of temporarily warding off drowsiness and restoring alertness. Beverages containing caffeine, such as coffee, tea, soft drinks and energy drinks enjoy great popularity; caffeine is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive substance, but unlike most other psychoactive substances, it is legal and unregulated in nearly all jurisdictions.
