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26 Cards in this Set
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The drug of choice to treat multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke, and spinal cord injuires are
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Skeletal muscle relaxants
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What skeletal muscle relaxant is used to treat anxiety, inflammation, pain and trauma
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Centrally acting
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What massage technique is least effective on a client that is taking a cetrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant
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Compression
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What techniques would be the most effective for a client that is taking a centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant
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Petrissage
Friction Effleurage |
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Peripherally acting skeletal muscle relaxants act directly on
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Muscles
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What massage techniques would be the least effective on a client who is taking a peripherally acting skeletal muscle relaxant
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Compression
Friction Deep tissue |
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What techinques would be the most effective for a client that is taking a perpherally acting skeletal muscle relaxant
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Petrissage
Effleurage |
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The skeletal muscle relaxants that are used are paraplegic and quadripleigis with spinal cord lesions is
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Valium
Baclofen Tizanidine |
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What massage technique would be the least effective on a client who is taking Baclofen or Tizanidine
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Deep tissue
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What techniques would be most effective for a client that is taking Baclofen or Tizandine
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Effleurage
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What drugs are used for inflammation, and have analgesic and anti pyretic qualities
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NSAIDS
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When a client is taking NSAIDS, you need to be careful
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With the depth of the massage techniques
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What drugs act to reduce blood pressure, and include Sympatholytic drugs, Vasodilating drugs and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
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Antihypertensive
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_______ reduces blood pressure by inhibiting or blocking the sympathetic nervous system
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Sympatholytic
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_______ decrease both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, as well as acting on the arteries, veins or both
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Vasodilating
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_____ reduces blood pressure by interrupting the renin-angiotensin aldosterone system
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ACE inhibitors
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These drugs are used to reduce the ability of the blood to clot and include Heparin, Oral, And Antiplatlet drugs
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Anticoagulants
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______ is used to prevent clot formation; therefore it cannot dissovle clots that are already formed
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Heparin
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The local site of injection of subcutaneous heparin should not be massage for
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4-5 hours after administration
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When a client is taking anticoagulant drug, what must you be aware of
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If a blood clot is already present, massage is contraindicated
If it is used to keep a device open, physcian consent is required Deep work is contraindicated, to prevent brusing Systemic strokes that move fluids and blood are limited |
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_______ are prescribe to treat thromboembolism, used to prevent deep vein thrombosis, used for patients with prsthetic heart valves or diseased mitral valves and sometimes to decrease the risk arterial clotting
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Oral anticoagulants
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The major oral anticoagulant is
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Coumadin (Warfarin)
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______ are used to prevent arterial thromboebolism, particularly in patients at risk for MI, stroke, aterioscleosis, and atherosclerosis
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Antiplatlet drugs
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These drugs are used to dissovle a preexisting clot or thrombus, often in an acute or emergency situation
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Thrombolytic
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Drugs that are used to decrease pain are
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Analgesics
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Drugs that are used to decrease fever are
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Anipyretics
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