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PMP 103 Practice of Pharmacy > Symptoms in the pharmacy - Pain > Flashcards

Symptoms in the pharmacy - Pain Flashcards

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Pain

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  • Unpleasent sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage
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Analgesic

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  • Medicine to reduce pain
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Paracetamol

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  • Reduces produtction of prostaglandin in brain and spinal cord
  • Safe for pregnancy and breast feeding
  • Caulate dose based on mg/kg
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Parcetamol suspension

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  • 2 months for most immunisation pyrexia
  • > 3 months for fever and pain
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Paracetamol tablet

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  • Not licenced for children under the age of 10 years choking hazard
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Caution for paracetamol

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  • People with liver and kidney disfunction
  • Warfarin interaction increase interaction
  • Overdose - nausea and vomiting could cause liver failure
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Anti-inflammatory

NSAID

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  • Iboprofen
  • Asprin
  • Naproxen
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Mechanism for Iboprofen

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  • Inhibit prostioglandin synthesis reversibly inhibiting COX enzymes
  • COX-1 produces PG melps maintain gastic mucosal integrety and irritated blood clotting
  • COX-2 produces PG that mediates pain and inflammation
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NSAID may not be suitable

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  • Asthma
  • Kidney imparement
  • Cardiovasular disease
  • ## Previous stomach ulcer
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Contraindications of NSAID

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  • Hypertensitivity
  • Active peptic ulceration or gastric bleeding
  • Pregnacy of 30 weeks
  • Brestfeeding
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Codine

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  • Is not licenced as a single medicine must be combined
  • Tolerance and dependance max of 3 days
  • 8mg/500mg codine and paracetamol
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Codine structure

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  • Activates and binds to Mu opioid receptor in the brain
  • Metabolised by liver enzymes
  • Pro-medication broken down to morphine
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Side effects of codine

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  • Constipation
  • Nausea and drowsiness
  • Contrindication pregnancy
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Caffine

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  • Increases absorbtion and stimulates the analgisiac
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Antihistamines

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Antihistamines act as muscle relaxant help with sleep

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Primary

Dysmenorrhoea

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  • 6 to 12 months after first period
  • 1-3 days of menstration
  • Prostioglandin production vasopressin
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Secondary

Dysmenorrhoea

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  • Endometriosis
  • Utrine fibrodis
  • More severe bleeding
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When do you refer

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  • Fracture and dislocation
  • nubness
  • Inability to move
19
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PRICE

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  • Protection
  • Rest
  • Ice
  • Compression
  • Elevation
20
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Sprain and strain

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  • Cold products 28-72 hours after injury
  • Paracetamol and topical NSAID is the first line of treatment
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Risk factors for sprains

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  • Fitness
  • Weight
  • Mental Health
  • Job related activities
  • Smoking
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Sciatica

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  • Irritation or compression of sciatic nerve
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Treatment Sciatica

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  • Moving and exercise exercise program
  • Unlikely to have effect of eradicating pain with analgisiac
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Management for lower back pain

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  • Naproxen and iboprofen antinflammatory according to NICE guidelines
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Back pain red flags

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  • Major trauma
  • Minor trauma could be fracture
  • Age bacterial infection immunosupression - could be tumor
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Treatment

Osteoartheritis

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  • Paracetamol or topical NSAID
  • Concider oral NSAID simple analgisiac
  • Concider weak opioid codine when required if NSAIDS are not effective
  • Weight management
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Medication Overuseheadache

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  • Effect of medication wears off after use
  • headache for >15 and overuse would be 3 months
  • Opiods >10 days concider overuse
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Migrane Aura

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  • Warning signal before migrane
  • Visual disterbances pre warning sign
29
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Primary Dysmenorrhoea

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  • Pain without underlying causes
  • Manage in community pharmacy
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Secondary Dysmenorrhoea

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Pain with underlying disease, e.g.
endometriosis or pelvic inflammatory disease

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Meningitis

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  • Could be caused by bacteria or virus adverse effect
  • Fever cold hands and feet not everyone gets a rash
  • Pale rash non blanche
  • Stiff neck

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