Module 3 Flashcards
What is the point at which a stimulus is experienced as pain?
Pain threshold
What is the duration or intensity of pain that is experienced that un indicate will endure before taking action to relieve pain?
Pain tolerance
What are four opined receptor agonists?
Morphine
Oxycodone
Hydrocodone
Fentanyl
What are two no-opoid analgesics meds.?
NSAIDs
Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
Any naturally occurring mu-receptor agonist derived from the opium plant?
(opium, morphine, cocliene)
Opiate
Any natural or synthetic mu-receptor agonist, preferable term for refers us to spied medications?
Opined
Classified as a schedule 1 through V controlled substance, less preferred term to refer solely to opioids from medical stand point because can be too broad?
Narcotic
What translates “the poppy that males you sleep”?
Papaver somniferum
Who prepared the first tincture of opium?
Paracelsus
What is synthesized from morphine in 1898 by Bayer pharmaceuticals?
Heroin
What med was marketed as a pain reliever and cough suppressant? It is also 6x more addictive than morphine.
Heron
What reads to stimulation of nociceptors?
Prostaglandins
Nonepinephrine and serotonin modulate pain on the?
Medulla and pons
What are the three natural pain killers mediated by endorphin’s?
Enkephalins
Endorphins
Dynorphins