Pharmacology of Pain

Question 1

most common nerve pain
Tx.
L.A

Answer 1

Tic Douloreux/ Trigeminal Neuralgia
Carbamezepine / Tegretol- anticonvulsant
Bupivacaine
Mand. Block

Question 2

lowest level of pain of patient will detect

Answer 2

Pain Threshold

Young & Adult (male)

Question 3

pain in non-painful stimulus

Answer 3

Allodynia

Question 4

exaggerated pain due to painful stimulus

Answer 4

Hyperpathia

Question 5

due to intake of Opioids

Answer 5

Hyperalgesia

Question 6

most accepted theory of pain, large sensory fiber

Hypothetical gate

Answer 6

Gate Control Theory ( Melzach & Wall) - 1965

Substania Nigra

Question 7

first modern theory of pain - concerned primarily with the sensory discriminative aspects of pain

Answer 7

Specifity Theory ( Von Frey 1895j

Question 8

pain is not a seperate entity but results from over stimulation of other primary sensation

Answer 8

Central Summation (Pattern) Theory - Goldschieder (1894)

Question 9

stated that the rapidly conducting large fiber pathway inhibit activity slowly conducting small fiber pathway that convex noxious stimuli

Answer 9

Sensory Interaction Theory by Noordenbos (1959)