Opioids
Shortest acting opioid
What is fentanyl
A noxious stimuli is turned in to an action potential.
What is transduction?
What is to treat pain and inflammation?
A medication to treat pain
What is an analgesic?
The effect of pain on vitals
What is an increase in HR, RR, & BP?
Longest acting opioid
What is buprenorphine
The step of the pain pathway where opioids act to treat pain.
What is perception?
The original NSAID
What is aspirin?
Detection of actual or potential tissue damage by the nervous system
What is nociception?
The name of abdominal pain in a horse
What is colic?
A mixed receptor opioid
What is butorphanol
A dental block using bupivicaine inhibits this step of the pain pathway.
What is transmission?
Adverse effects of NSAIDs
What is GI upset, gastric ulcers, and renal damage?
Pain in the muscular system or skin
What is somatic pain?
Using the CSU pain scoring chart, the score cutoff that requires more analgesia
What is a 2?
Adverse effects of methadone
What is respiratory depression, nausea, bradycardia and decrease GI motility?
An epidural treats this step in the pain pathway
What is modulation?
A newer NSAID that acts on a prostaglandin receptor downstream.
What is galliprant?
Pain that is present for less than 90 days
What is acute pain?
Using multiple analgesics to target different parts of the pain pathway.
What is multimodal analgesia?
An opioid antagonist
NSAIDs treat pain at this step in the pain pathway
What is transduction?
This specific enzyme produces prostaglandins responsible for pain and inflammation.
What is COX2?
Lipid autacoids that result from the breakdown of arachidonic acid
What are prostaglandins?
The term that describes a combination of a sedative and opioid.
Neuroleptanalgesia