Pharmacological intervention for pain/musculoskeletal

  1. nonopioid
    provides analgesia (unable to feel pain) and pain relief, produces anti-infammatory effects, anti-pyretic (reduces fever) ie advil, motrin, ibuprofen, aleve, naprosyn
  2. opioid (narcotics)
    provides analgesia for acute serve pain ie codeine, morpine, demorol
  3. glucocortcoid (corticosteroids)
    produces hormonal, anti-inflammatory, and metabolic effects ie prednisone
Author
kernmr
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24463
Card Set
Pharmacological intervention for pain/musculoskeletal
Description
drugs used for pain and muscles
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