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Pain that is sudden in onset, usually subsides when treated, and typically occurs over less than a 3-month period.
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acute pain
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Habitual psychologic and physiologic (physical) dependence on a substance that is beyond normal voluntary control.
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addiction
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A drug that is added as a second drug for combined therapy with a primary drug and may have additive or independent analgesic properties, or both.
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adjuvant analgesic agent
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A substance that binds to a receptor and causes a response.
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agonist
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A substance that binds to a receptor and causes a partial response that is not as strong as that cuased by an agonist.
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agonist-antagonist (also called partial agonist)
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Medications that relieve pain without causing loss of consciousness.
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analgesics (painkillers)
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An agent that binds to a receptor and prevents (blocks) a response.
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antagonist
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Pain related to a variety of causes as a result of cancer and/or the metastisis of cancer.
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cancer pain
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Pain resulting from any disorder that causes central nervous system (CNS)damage.
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central pain
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Persistent or recurring pain that is often difficult to treat. Typically it is pain that lasts longer than 3 months.
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chronic pain
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The most common and well-described theory of pain transmission and pain relief. It uses this model to explain how impulses from damaged tissues are sensed in the brain.
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gate theory
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Pain that results from a disturbance of function or pathologic change in a nerve.
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neuropathic pain
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Analgesics that are not classified as opioids.
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nonopioid analgesics
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A large, chemically diverse group of drugs that are analgesics and also possess antiinflammatory and antipyretic activity but are not steroids.
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nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
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Synthetic narcotic agents that bind to the mu, kappa, and delta receptors to relive pain but are not themselves derived from the opium plant.
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opioid analgesics
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A physiologic result of long-term opioid use in which larger doses of opioids are required to maintain the same level of analgesia.
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opioid tolerance
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The signs and symptoms associated with the abstinence from or withdrawal ofopioid analgesics when the body has become physically dependent on the substance.
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opioid withdrawal (opioid abstinence syndrome)
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An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Pain is subjective and individual experience; it can be defined as whatever the experiencing person says it is and it exists whenever he or she says it does.
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pain
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The level of stimulus that results in the perception of pain.
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pain threshold
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The amount of pain a patient can endure without it interfering with normal function.
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pain tolerance
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A substance that binds to a receptor and causes effects similar to but less pronounced than those of a pure agonist.
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partial agonist
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Pain experienced in a body part that has been surgically or tramatically removed.
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phantom pain
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The physical adaptation of the body to the presence of an opioid or other addictive substance.
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physical dependence
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Pain that is psychologic in nature but is truly real pain in terms of actual pain impulses that travel through nerve cells
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psychogenic pain
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A pattern of compulsive use of opioids or any other addictive substance characterized by a continuous craving for the substance and the need to use it for effects other that pain relief.
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psychologic dependence (addiction)
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Pain occurring in an area away from the organ of origin.
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referred pain
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Pain that originates from skeletal muscles, ligaments, or joints.
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somatic pain
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Pain that originates from the skin or mucous membranes.
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superficial pain
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Pain that results from a pathology of the vascular or perivascular tissues.
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vascular pain
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Pain that originates from organs or smooth muscles.
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visceral pain
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