Advanced Pharmacology in Pain Management
This class of medication is often used for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects in pain management.
What are NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs)?
This term refers to pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system.
What is neuropathic pain?
A non-invasive technique using electrical signals to relieve pain, often used for back pain.
What is TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation)?
Often resulting from repetitive motion or trauma, this syndrome involves the compression of the median nerve in the wrist.
What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
A simple scale from 0 to 10, allowing patients to rate their pain intensity.
What is the Numeric Rating Scale?
This is an opioid used for addiction and has a ceiling effect.
What is buprenorphine
A phenomenon where non-injured tissue becomes more sensitive, making the surrounding area of a wound more sensitive.
What is secondary hyperalgesia?
This minimally invasive procedure destroys nerve fibers to relieve pain, commonly used in treating spinal pain and for cancer pain management.
What is radiofrequency ablation?
A painful condition of the face involving one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve.
What is trigeminal neuralgia?
This tool is used for assessing pain in children, using a series of facial expressions to denote pain levels.
What is the Faces Pain Scale-Revised?
This class of medication is used for neuropathic pain but also depression. It's side effects include high blood pressure and dry mouth.
What is TCA?
The increased sensitivity and decreased threshold to pain stimuli experienced in an area of tissue damage.
What is primary hyperalgesia?
A pain relief technique that involves inserting thin needles through the skin at specific points on the body.
What is acupuncture?
A chronic condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and tenderness in localized areas.
What is fibromyalgia?
Designed for chronic pain assessment, this questionnaire measures the multifaceted nature of pain.
What is the Multidimensional Pain Inventory?
This local anesthetic is commonly used in topical formulations to relieve neuropathic pain.
What is lidocaine
This condition is characterized by chronic widespread pain and a heightened pain response to pressure.
What is fibromyalgia?
This technique involves the delivery of medication directly into the cerebrospinal fluid to manage chronic pain.
What is intrathecal drug delivery?
This chronic pain affects the outer side of the elbow and is often called "tennis elbow."
What is lateral epicondylitis?
A tool used to evaluate functional impairment due to pain, assessing how pain affects physical and emotional function.
What is the Pain Disability Index?
An adjuvant analgesic, originally an anticonvulsant, that is FDA approved for treating diabetic neuropathy.
What is pregabalin?
A rare syndrome of chronic pain that is believed to be a type of complex regional pain syndrome.
What is reflex sympathetic dystrophy?
An advanced technique involving the implantation of a device to deliver pain medication directly to the spinal cord.
What is intrathecal pump implantation?
Characterized by severe, episodic, and unilateral headaches, often accompanied by autonomic symptoms.
What is cluster headache?
scale used to evaluate the intensity of cancer pain, allowing for effective pain management strategies in oncology patients.
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