Test 3 - Drug Sheet Terms

Question 1

Analgesia - def

Answer 1

loss of sensibility to pain.

Question 2

Anesthesia - def

Answer 2

refers not only to loss of pain but also loss of all other sensations.

Question 3

Balanced Anesthesia - def

Answer 3

Refers to use of combinations of drugs to accomplish what inhalation anesthetic cannot do alone.

Question 4

Minimum Alveolar Concentration - def

Answer 4

an index of inhalation anesthetic potency - MAC od a drug in the alveolar air that will produce immobility in 50% of patients exposed to a painful stimulus.

Question 5

Adjuncts - def

Answer 5

Complement beneficial effects of inhalation anesthetics and counteract adverse effects.

Question 6

Antiemetics - def

Answer 6

suppress nausea and vomiting.

Question 7

Narcotic - def

Answer 7

analgesic, CNS depressant, and any drug capable of causing physical dependance.

Question 8

Opiate - def

Answer 8

derived from opium, like morphine or codeine.

Question 9

Opioid - def

Answer 9

Drug ressembling opiate.

Question 10

Pain - def

Answer 10

an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.

Question 11

Nociceptive Pain - def

Answer 11

results from injury to tissues - called Somatic or Visceral.

Question 12

Neuropathic Pain - def

Answer 12

results from injury to peripheral nerves.

Question 13

AHCPR - def

Answer 13

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Question 14

NSAID - def

Answer 14

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory drugs.

Question 15

Adjuvant Analgesics - complement the effects of…

Answer 15

opioids. They are used in combination with opioids, not as a substitute.

Question 16

Neurolytic Nerve Block - destroys…

Answer 16

neurons that transmit pain (permanent relief.)

Question 17

Migraine - def

Answer 17

unilateral, throbbing, or non-throbbing head pain, often associated with nausea, vomiting, photophobia, phonophobia.

Question 18

Classic Migraine - def

Answer 18

Migraine with Aura.

Question 19

Common Migraine - def

Answer 19

Migraine WITHOUT Aura.

Question 20

Prophylaxis - def

Answer 20

prevention.

Question 21

Insomnia - def

Answer 21

inability to sleep.

Question 22

Agoraphobic - def

Answer 22

condition characterized by anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing - leads to avoidance of certain places or situations.

Question 23

Obsessions - def

Answer 23

involuntary thoughts that consume at least one hour/day and cause distress.

Question 24

Compulsions - def

Answer 24

an overwhelming urge to perform an irrational act or ritual; repetitive.

Question 25

Tolerance - def

Answer 25

State in which a particular dose elicits a smaller response than it did with initial use.

Question 26

Cross-tolerance - def

Answer 26

State in which tolerance to one drug confers tolerance to another drug.

Question 27

Physical Dependence - def

Answer 27

State in which an abstinence syndrome will occur if drug use is discontinued - a result of neuroadaptive processes in brain due to extended drug use.

Question 28

Cross-Dependence - def

Answer 28

ability of one drug to support physical dependence on another drug.

Question 29

Withdrawal Syndrome - def

Answer 29

Symptoms that occur after drug withdrawal.