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Pain treatment and pain research Flashcards

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1
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what is trephination?

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ancient pain relief technique -> make a hole in people’s skulls to “release evil spirits” which were thought to be the cause of pain

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Did trephination work as a pain relief method?

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NO

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What is theriac?

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A combination of plants, flowers, seeds, etc. taken as a pain relief method

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what is the active ingredient in theriac?

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opium

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does theriac work for pain relief

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YES

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which two plants were used for pain relief in antiquity and are still used today?

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willow bark and opium poppy

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what was the first pharmaceutical company?

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Merck KGaA

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what did Merck KGaA figure out how to do in relation to drugs?

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they figured out dosage control for morphine (standardized doses) and how to turn opium into morphine so its always the correct dose

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where was anesthesia first demonstrated?

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the Ether Dome in Boston at MassGen

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How is anesthesia administered now for surgeries?

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A combination of gas anesthetic and IV line anesthetic

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what are opiates and opioids?

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drugs that are like opium (ex: morphine)

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what is half-life?

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the time that it takes for there to

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what is special about methadone and its half-life?

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it has a long half-life making it less addictive than drugs with a shorter half-life and it also has a longer duration of action

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what is the subcutaneous drug administration route?

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into the skin - needle does through the epidermis but stops in the dermis

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what is the intramuscular drug administration route?

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into the muscle - the needle goes through the 3 layers of the skin and blood vessels straight into the muscle

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what is the intravenous drug administration route?

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into the vein - the needle goes through the 3 skin layers into the vein

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what is the transdermal drug administration route?

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patch on top of the skin

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how does a transdermal patch work?

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the active ingredient gets through the epidermis into the lower layers of the skin

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what is the advantage of transdermal patches?

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there are fewer side effects

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what are side effects?

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the drug is acting at the right receptor but in the wrong place

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what is the disadvantage of transdermal patches?

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they are a lot more expensive to produce than pills

22
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what is implantation

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a pump that is implanted and shoots drugs right into the dermis

23
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what is the intrasynovial drug administration route?

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into the synovial tissue - into a joint

24
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what is the intracardiac drug administration route?

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into the heart

25
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what is the intrathecal drug administration route?

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into the spinal cord

26
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what is the sublingual drug administration route?

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under the tongue

27
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what is the buccal drug administration route?

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on the cheek

28
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why are there so many drug administration routes?

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depending on how fast you need the drug to reach the affected area that is how you will choose which drug route will be the best suiter

29
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what are the 2 groups of pharmacology?

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pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics

30
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what is the difference between pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics?

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pharmacodynamics is what the drug does to your body and pharmacokinetics is what the body does to the drug

31
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what is the most common opiate side effect?

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constipation

32
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what are the 2 big side effects of over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics?

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gastro-intestinal and liver damage

33
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why are OTC drugs still available without prescription even though they may cause serious side effects?

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because they have been “grandfathered” into the medical system

34
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what is dextromethorphan used to treat?

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cough

35
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true or false. once you stop taking OTC drugs the side effects do NOT stop

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false. they do stop once you stop taking the drug

36
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what are the 3 levels of the WHO analgesic ladder for cancer pain

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non-opioid, then a weak opioid, and lastly a strong opioid

37
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when it gets to the point where a strong opioid is necessary, what are its effects on the patient?

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at a certain point, the drug just sedates them

38
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how often should drugs be administered to be most effective?

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every 3-6 hours

39
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what type of pain are steroids used to treat?

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inflammation

40
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what type of physical pain are anti-depressants and anti-convulsants used to treat?

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chronic pain

41
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what are 2 types of non-pharmacological pain treatments?

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physical therapy and occupational therapy

42
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what types of surgeries are -otomies and -ectemies?

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cutting something, typically in the brain

43
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what are nerve blocks?

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you insert a local anesthetic into the nerve to block pain signals

44
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what are the 3 major categories of alternative medicine for pain?

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individual practices, systems of medicine, and world medicine systems

45
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what is western medicine called

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allopathy

46
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in relation to unconventional analgesic modalities, describe the finding from Stephens’s 2009 study.

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apparently, when you swear (ex: say shit) when you are in pain it helps with relief

47
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in relation to unconventional analgesic modalities, describe the findings from Guetin’s 2011 study.

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participants that listened to their favourite music reported less pain than those who listened to something else

48
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what are 3 forms of analgesia used in babies?

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giving them sugar, breast-feeding, and kangaroo care

49
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what is heel lance?

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it is the only way to draw blood from babies

50
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describe how you do a heel lance.

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you take a sharp, hollow, metal tube and stick it into the baby’s heel and squeeze until the blood comes out

51
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in 1985, a baby had open heart surgery what happened?

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they only used a muscle blocker, no anesthesia so the baby died

52
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at the time when they performed open-heart surgery on a baby with no anesthesia what was the belief about babies and pain?

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doctors thought that babies don’t feel pain

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