Analgesic drugs Flashcards
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Allodynia
a pain responce to an non-painful stimulus
Hyperalgesia
increased pain from a stimulus that normally provokes pain
Hypoalgesia
diminished pain in response to a normally painful stimulus
neuralgia
pain in the distribution of a nerve or nerves
neuritis
inflammation of a nerve or nerves
noxious stimulus
a stimulus that is damaging or threatens damage to normal tissues
nociception
the neural process of encoding noxious stimuli
nociceptor
a high threshold sensory receptor of the peripheral somatosensory system that is capable of transducting and encoding noxious stimuli
nociceptive pain
pain that arises from actual or threatened damage to a non-neural tissue and is due to the activation of nociceptors
neuropathic pain
pain causes by a lesion or damage or disease of the neurons or somatosensory nervous system
WHO therapeutic recommendations for mild pain 1-3/10
nonopioid analgesic NSAID ; regular scheduled dosing
WHO therapeutic recommendations for moderate pain 4-6/10
add an opioid to the nonopioid for moderate pain with regular scheduled dosing (weak opioid)
WHO therapeutic recommendations for severe pain 7+/10
switch to a high potency opioid; regular schedules dosing
what analgesics work at the transduction/ local level to modulate pain
LAs, Capsaicin, Anticovulsants, NSAIDs, ASA, acetaminophen and nitrate
what analgesics work at the transmission/ peripheral nerve level to modulate pain
LAs, opioids, and a2 - agonists
what analgesics work at the modulation level in the spinal cord to modulate pain
TCAs, SSRIs and SNRIs
what analgesics work at the brain/perception level to modulate the pain
Opioids, TCAs, SSRIs, SNRIs, and a2- agonists
what are the 2 types of analgesics
1) opioid
2) non-opioid
what are the 2 types of non-opioid analgestics
1) Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (Cox, Ibuprofen, Naproxen etc.)
2) anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs or glucocorticoids)
what are the 3 endogenous opioid peptides
1) endorphins
2) enkephalins
3) dynorphins
what are endorphins derived from
POMC
what is the primary agonist of endorphins
mu and also has delta action
what are enkephalins derives from
proenkephalin
what are the primary agonist of enkephalins
mu and delta