nonopioid
provides analgesia (unable to feel pain) and pain relief, produces anti-infammatory effects, anti-pyretic (reduces fever) ie advil, motrin, ibuprofen, aleve, naprosyn
opioid (narcotics)
provides analgesia for acute serve pain ie codeine, morpine, demorol
glucocortcoid (corticosteroids)
produces hormonal, anti-inflammatory, and metabolic effects ie prednisone