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sudden in onset; usually subsides when treated, typically occurs over less than a 6-week period(pharm book)
less than 6 months
What is Acute Pain?
This drug helps to relieve mild to moderate pain in the form of headaches, muscle aches, and minor arthritis
What is Tylenol?
First introduced in 1903, this was the standard drug for insomnia and sedation
What are Barbiturates?
This drug mimics the effects of the SNS neurotransmitters
Example: norepinephrine, epinephrine
What are Adrenergic Drugs?
MAOIs prolong the effects of Barbiturates
True
a persistent or recurring pain that is often difficult to treat.
what is Chronic Pain?
This is a neurotransmitter that inhibits brain activity; the mechanism of action is unknown
What is Gabapentin?
The first prescription drug indicated for ADHD as well as Narcolepsy
What is Methylphenidate hydrochloride (Ritalin)?
This is a chronic, progressive, degenerative disorder that affects dopamine-production neurons in the brain
What is Parkinson's Disease?
Phenobarbital causes hyperactivity and is used as a stimulant
False
affects CNS arousal to produce drowsiness, hypnosis and sedation
This mechanism of action binds to opioid receptors in the brain to decrease pain.
What is an agonist?
This drug depresses the CNS and peripheral nervous system to reduce or eliminate pain
What are Anesthetics (anesthesia)?
This medication normally induces sleep within 20-40 minutes, to treat insomnia
What is Temazepam?
These drugs mimic the effects of acetylcholine
What are Cholinergic Drugs?
Stimulants tend to “slow down” body systems
False
"speed up"
results from long-term opioid use;
larger doses are eventually required to maintain the same level analgesia
what is Opioid Tolerance?
This drug is applied directly to the skin or mucous membrane to eliminate pain sensations.
What is local anesthesia?
This medication is for the prevention of generalized tonic-clonic seizures and febrile convulsions
What is Phenobarbital?
This drug is useful in treating patients with schizophrenia who were nonadherent with their drug regimen
Haldol
Levodopa-carbidopa is used to treat symptoms of epilepsy
False
Used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
A prescription drug that prevents or reduces the severity of epilepsy and different types of epileptic seizures, not just convulsive seizures
What is an antiepileptic drug?
The main use of this drug is to facilitate controlled ventilation during surgical procedures
What are neuromuscular blocking drugs?
This type of drug is used for ADHD, narcolepsy, obesity, and migraines
What are Stimulants?
This is also known as a date rape drug.
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Cholinergic drugs stimulate the bladder, intestines, and pupils
True