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Opioid Analgesics

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 2000
Opioids are useful and potent drugs for the management of pain in small animal patients. They have a wide therapeutic index and can be given by a number of different routes. Some of these techniques (e.g., epidural and intraarticular) allow for the production of profound analgesia in a localized area of the body while limiting the dose and the side ...
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Non-opioid analgesics

Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, 2011
Abstract When it was first discovered in the 1500s, opium was heralded as the most potent analgesic. The Latin name for morphine tincture, laudanum (to praise), illustrates the high regard in which it was held. The many adverse effects associated with its use (now attributed to non-specific opioid receptor cross-activation between subtypes ...
David G. Lambert   +3 more
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On subclasses of opioid analgesics

Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2014
The history of discovery of analgesic drugs has followed a trajectory from original serendipitous discovery of plant-derived substances to laboratory creation of customized molecules that are intentionally designed to interact with specific receptors of neurotransmitters involved in either the transmission of the pain signal or the attenuation of such ...
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Role of Opioid Analgesics

The American Journal of Medicine, 1984
The clinical pharmacology of the narcotic-type analgesics is discussed in depth. Relative analgesic potency, peak and duration of analgesia, oral potency, and adverse effects are reviewed, With an emphasis on the clinical application of this knowledge.
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Non-opioid analgesics

2015
Non-opioid analgesics encompass the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and paracetamol (acetaminophen). The NSAIDs include acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), dipyrone (metamizole), and numerous other drugs in diverse classes. The NSAIDs have potent anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic activities, and are among the most widely used ...
Per Sjøgren, Frank Elsner, Stein Kaasa
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Opioid Analgesic Drugs

2013
Opioid analgesics are one of the most commonly administered groups of drugs in hospitals. These drugs show common structural features, bind specifically to opioid receptors and possess morphine-like pharmacologic action. Tramadol differs from other opioid analgesics in its monoaminergic activity as well as its affinity for the μ opioid receptor.
Nghia H. Pham, Brian A. Baldo
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Non-opioid Analgesics

2021
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are one of the most commonly used over-the-counter medications prescribed. They are also commonly prescribed in various forms. As such, physicians must be familiar with the class as a whole and each drug which has different effectiveness and adverse effects.
Nalini Sehgal, Michael Suer
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Analgesics, opioids, and NSAIDs

2020
In this chapter, we discuss nociceptive treatment targets for pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Sustained nociceptive input, as found in RA, can lead to changes in central pain processing.
Mark D. Russell, Nidhi Sofat
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Analgesics and Opioids

2009
Analgesia may be enhanced with non-opioid and opioid analgesics, as well as coanalgesic agents. Non-opioid analgesics and short-acting opioids in chronic pain should be limited to infrequent, intermittent use for severe pain flares. Long-term risk for gastric and renal toxicity with analgesics is minimized with opioid analgesics ...
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Analgesics: Opioids, Adjuvants and Others

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 1999
The purpose of this article is to summarize the main categories of pain-relieving medications. The authors review a number of analgesic preparations and treatments, with special emphasis on advantages, precautions, limitations, and various routes of administration.
Patricia W. Nance, Matthew T. Matthew
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