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Analgesic isn't a British word, though. It's used plenty in American medicine.

No, Americans only know brand names because #capitalism.

...that's why everyone in the UK has a Hoover. The most common term I've heard for {acetominophen, ibuprofen, etc} in the US is "pain killer".

So aggressive. In Dutch it's a pijnstiller, or "pain silencer".