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Pharm-assist

Pharm-assist

Give pain pills to 10 Survivors.

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How to unlock the Pharm-assist achievement in Left 4 Dead - Definitive Guide

There is a container of Pain Pills in the house right near the start of Death Toll - Boathouse Finale (I loaded it up on Normal..not sure if that effects whether they spawn or not). Exit the initial building and go grab the pipe bomb on the Humvee. Throw it so that you have a clear run into the house. The pills will be right near where you exit the house, next to the sink. Now once you've grabbed them, run up to one of the other survivors and hold down LT to give them the pills. This should take you no longer than 30 seconds per go so if you count in the time it takes to reload the level, I guess it should take you around 10 minutes.
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13 May 2010 21:19

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This worked fine for me, thanx.
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By HAMbidextrous1 on 15 Oct 2010 19:56
Only needed one more to get the achievement, but I was glad to see your solution. Thumbs up!
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By felkadelic on 09 May 2011 04:42
cool
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By whitedreams2 on 16 Nov 2012 10:22
Does this work in Single Player?
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By dirtysock47 on 07 Aug 2016 12:27
Yes it works single player, yes it works in easy. Great solution!
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By Reset42 on 29 May 2020 21:22
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The way that I got this achievement was to start up "Last Stand" in survival mode (if you do not have survival mode, then you can download it for free here: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf0001-0000...) locally with two controllers. Player one was getting the achievement and player two (who was a guest) simply got hurt and popped pills. When the game starts, you already have a bottle of pills. Just grab the assault rifle and shoot up controller two until his health is low. Have controller two use their pills, then give yours to them and have controller two pop the bottle you just gave him. You can only get one towards the achievement progression per round, so after controller two pops the second bottle of pills, hit start and call a vote to start a new round. Have both controllers vote yes and rinse and repeat. An easy 20G.
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29 Jul 2010 22:18

Its not just pain pills picked up off the ground, the player you give them to has to actually use them for it to count. Thats why you cant just pass them back and forth.
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06 Dec 2008 15:19

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I don't think that's true. When I noticed I had done this 9 times, and just needed one more to get the achievement, I started a game, found some pills, and gave them to Louis, who was on about 99% health. He didn't use them, but the achievement popped.

It's certainly true that you can't just pass back and forth though. It needs to be a different pack of pills each time.
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By Izzy of Albion on 18 Aug 2009 22:10
The person doesn't actually have to use the pills to count for the achievement. But as Ozzpot said it does have to be DIFFERENT pills, however I'm not sure if the person that you give them to could give them back to you to count towards their own. I think that would be worth checking out though.
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By Quarantane on 17 Oct 2009 11:12
I've tested it by passing to and from a friend several times; you cannot get the achievement just by doing this. Even if the pills don't need to be used, they must be different pills.
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By Skeptical Mario on 03 Jan 2010 23:46
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Pain pills can be found lying around if you look hard enough. If you are near some, a pop-up on your screen should point you to their exact location.

When a fellow survivor is hurt, press to equip the pain pills, then, press to give it to them. Playing through any campaign will easily get you this achievement.

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This achievement can also be combined with Helping Hand . Just when you see that the survivors have little health, click to select tablets (if you picked them up), go to the chewer and click .
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09 Sep 2011 11:38