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Reasons some patients experience pain with higher threshold than others is because of

Conditioning ethnic background sensitivity or physiological factors

Endorphins are__________analgesics produced as a reaction to pain or intense exercise such as a runner's high

Endogenous

The action of full Agonist analgesics classified as opiates is similar to that of ________ in altering perception of pain because they have no ceiling to their analgesic effects that is medication level where there is no enhanced analgesia

Opium

Opiates are listed under the controlled substance schedule in the United States and include both natural opium alkaloids and

Synthetics

Pain medications such as Darvon and Darvocet are examples of synthetic opioids that contain the drug________ which are linked to death from drug overdose and now require an FDA warning statement emphasizing their risk

Propoxyphene

The patient who receives an opioid analgesics over a continuous period tend to develop ________ to the drug and will be less responsive to is analgesic effect unless larger doses are administered

Tolerance

Opioids administered consistently results and the patient's developing of physiological_______ leading to withdrawal symptoms when the medication is discontinued abruptly

Dependence

Sufficient pain control is essential for the terminally ill patient with constant pain and analgesics should be given

Around the Clock

The healthcare practitioner knows that the ______of opioids with non opioid medications and adjuvant drugs provides analgesia that is more effective for the terminally ill patient

Combination

Terminal pain is best controlled by administering analgesics at regular intervals with additional as-needed basis for_____ pain

Breakthrough

For the patient experiencing _____ pain, the addition of tricyclics antidepressant or an anticonvulsant to the pain regime will decrease the amount of needed dosage of opioids

Chronic

Side effects of opioid analgesics

Sedation, dizziness ,hypotension, respiratory, depression, and bradycardia.

Opioid analgesics must be used with extreme_____ in patients with central nervous system depression, head injury, or conditions associated with increased intracranial pressure.

Caution

Healthcare practitioners recognize that________ is not recommended for routine use due to a metabolite which may accumulate in patients and cause seizures in patients with kidney disease

Meperidine

If opioid are administered with muscle relaxants, antihistamine, psychotropic, or alcohol the effect of the opioid will be______.

Enhanced

Sedative / hypnotic substance used to promote_____ in smaller Doses and promote_____ in larger doses.

Sedation


Sleep

The anti-migraine agent sumatriptan(imatrex) has no therapeutic value for the_______ management of migraine headaches.

Prophylactic

Serotonin receptor Agonist are indicated for the _____treatment of migraine in adults

Acute

Acetaminophen is an over-the-counter analgesic and is used extensively in the treatment of _____to moderate pain and fever

Mild

Patients taking acetaminophen frequently should be cautioned that alcohol ingestion could lead to potential____ damage

Liver

For the treatment of nerve pain associated with herpes, arthritis, diabetes, cancer, migraine or tension headaches, insomnia, and depression ______antidepressants are often prescribed

Tricyclics

Tricyclic antidepressants increase available norepinephrine and serotonin, which block pain ________and thus relieve pain that patients described as burning pain

Transmissions

Unlike opioid analgesics in which the therapeutic effect is felt in less than an hour, patients taking tricyclic antidepressants must allow _____ to feel full therapeutic effect.

Two to three weeks

For patients in whom oral analgesic may not be a viable option for pain control, _______ if available topically in a patch(lidoderm)

Lidocaine

Side effects that may occur when opioid and a tricyclic antidepressant

Increase constipation, hypertension, sedation.

The first line________ prescribed for neuropathic pain therapy is babapentin (Neurontin)

Anticonvulsant

Sedative hypnotic medications such as benzodiazepines like Temazepam (Restoril) and nonbenzodiazepines like Zolpidem ( Ambien) recommended for only _____use.

Short-term

Opioid analgesics are available in various strengths, is concentrated Solutions, and in____.

Combination

Analgesics

Relieve pain

Sedative

are given to calm, soothe, or produce sedation.

Hypnotics

Are given to produce sleep

Antihistamine such as diphenhydramine Benadryl have an extended Half-Life, leading to morning after problems when you used as______ _______ in older adults

Sedative / hypnotics

Patient has a history of gastric ulcer contradict that would be over the counter

NSAIDs

Osteoporosis

Weight-bearing exercises

You take ____for a gastric ulcer

Naproxen

NSAIDs

Should be taken with food or milk

Can cause blood in the urine or the stools

NSAIDs

Vitamin d and calcium

I are taken for osteoporosis

Tricyclic antidepressants are useful in the treatment of

Nerve pain related to neuropathy

Primary ingredients in Percocet

Tylenol and oxycodone medicine may cause dizziness

Alcohol ___the side effects when taken with opioids

Potentiates

Faisal Max should be taken ____prior to eating or sitting up

30 minutes

Opioid given to cancer patients

Morphine, No Limit, Around the Clock

An adjutant analgesic might be combined with a opioid called

Elavil

, takes 2 to 3 weeks for full benefit of medication to take full effect

Amitriptyline

After a head injury is ruled out ______might be given for pain relief

Demerol

Osteoporosis with cancer in a patient should be given

Evista

, the classic signs of opioid toxicity is

Constipation comma urinary retention , respiratory depression, pinpoint pupils, sedation, decreased GI motility

Which of the following medications are classified as NSAIDs

Ibuprofen, Ashburn, Naproxen

Methadone

Taken for patients with narcotic withdrawal

Fentanyl

Is an extended release pain reliever patch frequently given preoperatively or for a conscious sedation

Benzodiazepines

Triazolam ,Lorazepam ,diazepam, alprazolam

Aspirin

Is associated with reyes syndrome in children

Sumatriptan (Imitrex)

Used for treatment of migraines

Lidocaine patches

Are to be worn 12 to 24 hours a day

Vitamin K

Blood thinner antidote

(Narcan )naloxone

Is an opioid antidote

Antidote for Lorazepam is

Flumazenil (romazicon)

Acetaminophen is a

Analgesic / antipyretic drug

Adjuvant analgesics

Originally intended for treatment of conditions other than pain