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Analgesic |
compounds of pain-blocking receptors, capable of producing analgesia
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Anti- inflammatory Agents |
Drugs that block the anti inflammatory response |
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Antipyretic |
blocking FEVER, often direct effects on the thermoregulatory center in hypothalamus/blockage of prostaglandin) |
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Chrysotherapy |
Treatment with gold salts taken up by macrophages inhibits phagocytosis, Reserved for pts when reg. treatment doesn't work. TOXIC |
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inflammatory response |
the BODY NONSPECIFIC response to cell injury (pain-swelling, heat, redness) (dolor-tumor-calor-rubor) |
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Non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NASIDs) |
Drugs that BLOCK prostaglandin synthesis and act as anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic agents
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Salicylates |
Salicylic acid compounds, used ass anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic agents; block prostaglandin system |
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salicylism |
syndrome associated with HIGH levels of salicylates--dizziness, tennitits, HOH, NVD, mental confusion and lassitude |
