Analgesic effect equals?

• A. Reduce fever
• B. Reduce inflammation
• C. Reduce pain
• D. Cause inflammation

Answer: (C)

Analgesic effect is the relief of pain. An analgesic works by dampening the signals that cause pain, helping you feel less discomfort. Some drugs with analgesic properties can also lower fever (antipyretic) or reduce inflammation (anti-inflammatory), but the defining action of an analgesic is pain relief. That’s why reducing pain is the best description of the analgesic effect. Reducing fever isn’t the analgesic effect, and reducing inflammation describes anti-inflammatory action, not the core analgesic effect. Causing inflammation would be opposite to what analgesics do.