The only current treatments for osteoarthritis are painkillers and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, which are also given to dull pain.

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The sudden loss of pressure gives me a little dull pain in my groin, but my legs are strong again.

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Symptoms may start with a dull pain in the chest or disguise themselves as indigestion, nausea, shortness of breath or heartburn.

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To further dull the pain, she drank, developing a problem she later realized was alcoholism.

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Drug companies and the government will have to find some other way to dull the pain of high-cost drugs.

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But at least there's money to dull the pain--both Leinart and Bush make it onto Forbes' latest list of the NFL's most overpaid players.

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Maybe, he thinks, it will dull the pain.

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However, some people with acute pericarditis describe their chest pain as dull, achy or pressure-like instead, and of varying intensity.

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It is better to remove the painful stimulus than to mask it with pain medications, which can also mask or dull the senses.

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