BM1022 Lecture 37: Lectures 37 - Analgesic Pharmacology
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Understand pain pathway and transmitters and chemical mediators involved. Have understanding of the moa of different analgesics. Know how to use different classes of analgesics. Know how to minimise side effects of each class of analgesic. Understand how different routes of administration will affect the dose and effect of analgesics. It is inherently self limiting when the provoking source is removed or cured. Has a defined onset time and associated woth sins of hyperactivity of the autonomic nervous system. Autonomic nervous system adapts and may lead to absence of objective clinical signs (may not have obvious signs of pain). An unpleasant sensory and emotion experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms such as damage. It serves biological functions, warning of inflammation or blockage or a ureter by a kidney stone, enabling avoidance or treatment. Has a defined onset time and associated woth sins of hyperactivity of the autonomic.
