Opiates Flashcards
Define acute pain
short term with easily identifiable cause- warning of damage or disease by body, has physio purpose
Define chronic pain
persists longer than should, constant or intermittent but outlives purpose
Name 5 types of pain
Acute, chronic, neuropathic, visceral, somatic
Nociception
ability to perceive pain
Analgesia
loss of sensitivity to pain without loss of consciousness
Hyperalgesia
Increased response to painful stimuli when tissue already damaged
Allodynia
Pain caused by stim that wouldnt normally cause
Physio changes in pain (5)
CV (increased symp), HPA stress response, hyperglycemia (increased glycogenolysis), ileus (reduced GI), reduced immune function (wound healing)
What drugs are antitussive
Codeine and butorphanol
What drug is an emetic
hydromorphone
Three types of analgesics
Block transduction, block trasmission in sensory nerves, block/change transmission in spinal pathways (perception)
Which analgesic drugs block transduction
NSAIDs
Which analgesic drugs block transmission
Locals
Which analgesic drugs block spinal transmission/alter perception
Opioids, A2Agonsits, NMDAs, NSAIDs, locals
A2Agonists, NMDAs and opioids all work on ____ sites of action
CNS and spinal
Cannabinoids work at what site of action
CNS
NSAIDS work at what sites of action
Spinal cord and peripheral
What are the three receptors
delta, kappa, mu (OP1,2,3)
What is the ceiling effect
Dose at which no effects can be produced anymore
Receptors, which do dogs have many of? which do horses have many of?
Dogs- mu, horses- K
What systems are effected by the pharmacological actions of opioids
CNS (analgesia, mood, sedation, RR, nausea/vomiting), GI- constipation; CV- bradycardia, hypotension