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16 Cards in this Set
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Nitrous oxide
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General anaesthetic
Uses Analgesia / Pain Surgery Combined with a benzodiazipine and neuromuscular blocker |
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Morphine
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Opioid
Opioid receptor ?agonists Uses Analgesia / Pain |
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NSAIDS
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Selective / Combined
COX inhibitors Anti-Inflammatory |
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Cromolyn sodium
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Anti-allergic drugs
Mast cell stabilizers - decreasing histamine release Histamine inhibitors |
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Theophylline
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Methyl Xanthines
Inhibits phosphodiesterase-4 in inflammatory cells Results in decreased eosinophils (extra-pulmonary) Histamine inhibitors |
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Promethazine 1st gen
Loratidine 2nd gen |
Histamine-1 receptor antagonists
Competitively inhibit receptor Doesn't affect release / formation of histamine Histamine inhibitor |
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Disease modifying anti-rheumatoid agents
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Used in progressive destructive inflammatory diseases of the joints
Miscellaneous agents Methotrexate - Folate antagonism Chloroquine D-penicillamine Sulfasalazine Gold salt |
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Gout
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Decrease uric acid deposition in joints
Uric acid causes pain and inflammation Miscellaneous agents Paracetamol Colchicine Allopurinol Probenecid |
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Procaine
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Local anaesthetic
Reversibly blocks AP via blockage of Na+ channels Uses Suturing Oral ulcers Tooth extraction Epidurals |
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Lignocaine
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Local anaesthetic
Reversibly blocks AP by blocking Na+ channels Uses Suturing Oral ulcers Tooth extraction Epidurals |
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Codeine
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Opioid
Opioid receptor ?agonist Uses Analgesia |
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Fludrocortisone
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Glucocorticosteroids
Minarelocorticoid Inhibits PLA2 Uses Electrolyte and water metabolism |
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Hydrocortisone
Dexamethasone |
Glucocorticosteroids
Glucocorticoids Inhibits PLA2 Uses Anti inflammatory Immune suppression Metabolic effects |
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Zileuton
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Anti-leukotriene drugs
5LOX inhibitor / LT receptor antagonist Uses Asthma Allergy |
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Montelukast
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Anti-leukotriene drugs
Cystenyl LT receptor antagonist Uses Asthma Allergy |
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Dexamethasone
Prednisone |
Glucocorticosteroids
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