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Lecture 2: pain treatment and pain research Flashcards

1
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What was the treatment of pain ins antiquity

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-trephination
-pain was thought to be caused by eveil spirits in the brain so they had to let them out
-made holes in people’s skulls
-also used theriac

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when was Theriac used and what is the main active ingredient

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-in antiquity
-OPIUM

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how was pain treated in 1500 AD

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-willow bark made into tea
-opium poppy

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what was the first pharmaceutical company

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Merk KGaA in germany

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what did the first pharmaceutical companies do in the 1500’s

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-they knew we could take opium and make it into morphine
-but were unable to make the same dosage
-they came up a process to always have the same dosage
-all about control dosage

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what is the greatest advance in medecine

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anasthesia in 1846
before we had no anesthetic only analgesic

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what is the ether dome

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it is a surgical amphiteater in Boston
-it showed that “ether” existed aka ether puts you to sleep and that it was hard to die from it

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Equianalgesic dosing, compared to 10 mg IM morphine: Codeine

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-IM: 130
-PO: 200
-Half-life: 2-3
-Duration of action: 2-4
-Comments: usually combined with a nonopiod

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Equianalgesic dosing, compared to 10 mg IM morphine: oxycodone

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-IM: 15
-PO: 20-30
-Half-life: 2-3
-Duration of action: 2-4
-Comments: combined with a nonopiod or as a controlled release tablet

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Equianalgesic dosing, compared to 10 mg IM morphine: : propoxyphene

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-IM: 100
-PO: 50
-Half-life: 2-3
-Duration of action: 2-4
-Comments: usually combined with nonopiod, norproxyphene toxicity may cause seizure

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Equianalgesic dosing, compared to 10 mg IM morphine: morphine

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-IM: 10
-PO: 30
-Half-life: 2-3
-Duration of action: 3-4
-Comments:multiple routes of administration available. controlled release availabke

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Equianalgesic dosing, compared to 10 mg IM morphine: Methadone

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-IM: 1-3
-PO: 2-6
-Half-life: 15-190
-Duration of action: 4-8
-Comments: since it has a longer half life it is less adictive
plasma accumulation may lead to delayed toxicity

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Equianalgesic dosing, compared to 10 mg IM morphine: fentanyl

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-IM: it depends on what you give aka patches or IV
-PO:
-Half-life:
-Duration of action: 48-72
-Comments: lasts so much longer

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routes of drug administration

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-subcutaneus (end of dermal layer)
-intramusculat aka IM
-intravenous
-transdermal aka on the epidermis
-implantation aka pumps right into the dermis

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why is transdermal kinda lit

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-long lasting
-lower dose
-lower side effects

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what are the major differences between the routes of drug administration

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matter of time and where it needs to go

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what is pharmacodynamics

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what drug does to the body

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what is pharmacokinetics

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what body does to the drug

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what is ADME

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-absorbtion
-distribution
-metabolism
-elimination

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rue or false: when a med is broken down either the metabolites become eliminated or they are active

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true

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what is an example of a med that the metabolites are active

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codeine becomes morphine

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which organ absorbs the drugs

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small intestines

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23
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what is PCA

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-patient controlled analgesia
-people consume less morphine that way because they have more control

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opiate side effects

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-constipation up to 80%
-nausea or vomiting : 15-30
-sedation 20-60%
-confusion or hallucinations
-myoclonic jerks
-respiration depression
-xerostomia aka dry mouth
-urine retention

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what is the best selling drug class

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over the counter analgesics

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examples of oral otc analgesics

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-acetaminophen
-aspirin
-ibuprofen
-naproxen sodium
-dextromethorphan: cough

27
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what does acetaminophen cause

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liver damage

28
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the who analgesic ladder for cancer pain

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-pain: non-opioid +- adjuvant
-Pain persisting or increasing: opioid for mild to moderate pain, +- non-opioid, +- adjuvant
-freedom from cancer pain: opioid for moderate pain tp severe pain, +- non-opioid, +- adjuvant

29
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other analgesic categories

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multipurposes:
cortistereoids ex: pregabalin
antidepressants ex: SNRIs ex: duloxetine
alpha 2 adenergic agonists

neuropathic
-nmda receptor agonists mixed opioids and snri
-anticonvulsants
-oral local anesthetics ex: botox
-cannabinoids

30
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what are the four main categories of pain treatment choices basically

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-surgical: but the evidence that it works is mid ex: you cut where the nerve is
-anesthesiological ex: nerve blocks, epidural blockade lidocaine
-psychological: pain management, sensory discrimination, training
-ther like acupuncture and PT

31
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what is the name for the western default medicine

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allopathic

32
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Complementary and alternative medecine for pain

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-individual practices like spiritual or movement based
-systems of medicine like homeopathy, osteopathy, naturopathy, prayer eyc
-world medicine systems like native amerixcan healing, traditional Chinese medicine, herbal medicine, ayurvedic medicine

33
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why is it hard to prove that alternative medicine works

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control for tests: placebo? like peopel already think it work s

34
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true or false: when you swear you feel less pain and with music too

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true

35
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why do some patients push back on the idea of pain self management

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you come to someone for management and they tell you to just do it on ur own and that if you fail it is your fault

36
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analgesia for babies

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-sugar
-breatfeading
-kangaroo care

37
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are opioates a vibe for babies?

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no
opioids, analgesics, acetaminophen and aspirin are all and for babies

38
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what was the name of the dude that came up with the idea for multidisciplinary pain clinics

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-john J bonica
-wrote the first pain book: the management of pain

39
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what is a part of multidisciplinary clinics

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-primary care physician
-psychological therapied
-educational programming
-advice, appropriate medications
-appropriate medical procedures
-PT, structured & alternatives movement therapies

40
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when do we switch from curative intent to palliative care

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-when they will die soon and you wanna make them as confy as they can be
-switch them to an hospice care or a palliative facility

41
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pain the fifth vital soign

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-now nurses are required to write down the pain levels since if there is a repid change it is a really and thing
pulse
temperature
-blood pressure
respiratory rate
pain

42
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why did people not like pain as the fifth vital sign

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pain is not objective measure
-measure pain= augmentation to treat it=over treatment

43
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evidence based medecine the lil pyramid top to bottom of how I can trust that

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-systematic reviews and meta analysises
-randomized control double blind studies aka RTCS
-case control studies
-case studies: whole series of published patients
-case reports: doctors wrote down what happened to a patient
-expert opinion: aka your doc
-personal opinion aka tiktok

44
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what is the cochrane collaboration

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-the best way to make meta analysis

45
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why are meta analysis kinda mid

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because they always get to mid comclusions like yes this affects this but like we also saw that this affects that

46
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explain RTC

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mmm

47
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what are common exclusion criteria for pain trials

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-if you already have treatment
-haven’t have pain for long enough
-co morbidities that you have

48
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does it really matter that we say why did someone quit a trial

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yeah we need to know why

49
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what are the 2 types of inteversions usually in a trial

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the treatment aka the drug and the placebo

50
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what are the 3 types of RTC design

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-parallel design; you can also add the active control which is the control that people use now
-crossover design
-enriched design

51
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what is an advantage of crossover design

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-participants like it more because they can get the drug either ways
-you can use A WITHIN SUBJECT DESIGN AS OPPOSED TO A WIDE SUBJECT design and a within is more statistically relevant

52
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what is the potential confound of crossovermethod

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-it matters when the drug us give
-we dunno if the washout period will 100% wash out the effects of the medication

53
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what is one measure of protection that pharmaceutical companies have to put so that they can prove that their drug works

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they put like a thing that says like our drug works if the patients have a 50% reduction in pain

54
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explain odds ration and what would the column and row labels be for an analgesic study

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mmam

55
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plots you can have in meta analysis

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-forest plots
-l’abbe plots

56
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what does the number needed to treat works + how to calculate it

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how much an extra advantage does the drug give to the population 1/ (numbve of people got the treatment and worked/people who got the treatment minus people who got control and got smth/ people who got control

57
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true or false: NNTs will depend on the medication and the needs of the population

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true

58
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most common pain medication of neuropathic pain

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gabapentin/ pregabalin and TCAs

59
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why is gabapebtin so common

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because pfizer put a lot of money in there

60
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true or fakse: are antidepressabts good for painful diabetic neuropathy compared to triple therapy for peptic ulcers

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false they are less good because the NNT is lower than the triple therapy

61
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what is number needed to harm

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whate side effects are we gonna overlook
usually opioids have a lower NNH

62
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where does the perfect analgesic reside

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top left aka high NNH and low NNT

63
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true or false: we only care about NNT

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false we also care about
-effect size
-tolerability and safety
-cost and resource allocation
-strenght of recommendation

64
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whats is the name for the pain association

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the inernational association for the study of pain
publishes in journals like pain and pain reports

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