Analgesic Drugs

Question 1

allodynia

Answer 1

pain from a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain

Question 2

hyperalgesia

Answer 2

increased pain from stimulus that normally provokes pain

Question 3

hypoalgesia

Answer 3

diminished pain in response to a normally painful stimulus

Question 4

neuralgia

Answer 4

pain in nerve distribution

Question 5

neuritis

Answer 5

inflammation of nerve

Question 6

nociceptive pain

Answer 6

pain arises from actual or threatened damage or non neural tissue due to activation of nociceptors

Question 7

neuropathic pain

Answer 7

pain caused by a lesion or damage or disease of the neurons/somatosensory nervous system

Question 8

adjuvant pain medication

Answer 8

meds not typically used for pain but helpful in its management
eg antidepressants

Question 9

pain meds acting on perception

Answer 9

opioids, tcas, ssri, snri, alpha 2 agonists

Question 10

pain meds acting on modulation

Answer 10

tcas, ssris, snris

Question 11

pain meds acting on signal transission

Answer 11

las, opioids, alpha 2 agonists

Question 12

pain meds acting on local signal transduction

Answer 12

las, capsacin, anticonvulsants, nsaids, asa, acetaminophen, nitrate

Question 13

endogenous opioids

Answer 13

peptides
endorphins: from POMC, mu agonist with delta action
enkephalins: from proenkephalin; Met-ENK and leu-ENK