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The medications used to treat arthritis vary depending on the type of arthritis. Commonly used arthritis medications include: Analgesics. These medications help reduce pain, but have no effect on inflammation. Examples include acetaminophen (Tylenol, others), tramadol (Ultram, Ultracet, others) and narcotics containing oxycodone (Percocet, Oxycontin, others) or hydrocodone (Norco, Vicoprofen, others).
Thus, effective medication for nerve pain will likely have a different mechanism of action than arthritis pain medication. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) act on substances in the body that can cause inflammation, pain, and fever.