NSIADS AND PAIN Flashcards
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF ALLODYNIA
PAIN WHEN PAIN SHOULDNT BE FELY
WHAT IS HYPERALGESIA
FEELING MORE PAIN THAN CONSIDERED NORMAL
WHAT IS HYPERPATHIA
INCREASED ABNORMAL PAIN
WHAT IS DYSAESTHESIA
INCREASED ABNORMAL SENSATIONS
WHAT IS CENTRAL SENSITISATIONS
INCREASED RESPONSIVENESS OF NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS IN THE CNS
WHAT IS PERIPHERAL SENSITISATION
INCREASED RESPONSIVENESS AND REDUCED THRETHOLD OF NOCICEPTIVE PNS NEURONS
WHAT ARE PROSTAGLANDINS
ARE A FAMILY OF INFLAMATORY MEDIATORS
WHAT DO NSAIDS DO IN RELATION TO PROSTAGLANDINS
INHIBIT PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS BY INHIBITING THE COX 2 ENZYME PATHWAY/ INFLAMMATORY CASCADE
WHAT ARE THE 4 ACTIONS OF NSAIDS
ANTI INFLAMMATORY
ANALGESIC
ANTI-PYRETIC
ANTI PLATELET AGREGATION
WHAT IS THE DURATION OF ACTION OF NSAIDS
6-8N HOURS
WHAT ARE THE KEY ADVERSE EFFECTS OF NSAIDS
INDIGESTION, STOMACH ULCERS, HA, DROWSINESS, DIZZINESS, ALLERGIC REACTIONS
IN WHICH PATIENTS ARE NSAIDS CONTRAINDICATED
THOSE WITH A PREVIOUS REACTION
ARE PREGNANT
PREVIOUS STOMACH BLEEDING OR ULCER HEART KIDNEY OR LIVER FAILURE
UNCONTROLLED BLOOD PRESSURE
CHROHNS OR ULCERATIVE COLLITIS
ASTHMATICS
HAVE CHICKENPOX
OPIUM DEFINITION
HEAVILY ADDITIVE DRUG MADE OF THE JUICE OF OPIOID POPPY SEEDS
OPIATE DEFINITON
RELATING TO OR CONTAINING OPIUM
OPIOID DEFINITON
A COMPOUND CONTAINING OPIUM
ENDOGENOUS OPIOID DEFINITION
a class of molecules that are produced in the brain and circulate widely throughout all organ systems
NARCOTIC DEFINITION
A DRUG THAT IS CONSUMED ILLEGALLY FOR NON MEDICAL PURPOSES