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Pharmacology
Module 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pain | The sensation of pain is the means by which the body is made urgently aware of the presence of tissue damage |
| Perception | the physical components of pain |
| Reaction | the psychologic component of pain |
| Antipyretic | ability to reduce a fever: affects the hypothalamus (controls the body temperature) |
| Anti-inflammatory | ability to reduce inflammation |
| Uricosuric | ability to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine |
| antiplatelet | ability to inhibit the aggregation (clumping) of platelets in the blood. |
| Analgesic | Ability to reduce or relieve pain. |
| PGE | Prostaglandins, which are lipids produced by cells during inflammation and can sensitive the pain receptors. |
| TNF-⍺ | A cytokine that is released by cells during the inflammatory response in periodontal disease |
| Drug class for aspirin (Bayer, Bufferin) | Salicylate |
| Drug class for acetaminophen (Tylenol) | Nonsalicylate/Nonnarcotic |
| Drug class for ibuprofen (Advil) | NSAID |
| Drug class for naproxen (Aleve) | NSAID |
| Drug class for diclofenac (Cataflam) | NSAID |
| Drug class for nabumetone (Relafen) | NSAID |
| Drug class for meloxicam (Mobic) | NSAID |
| Drug class for celecoxib (Celebrex) | NSAID, |
| Antigout Drug | colchicine (Colcrys, Mitigare) |
| methotrexate (Otrexup) | DMARD/Antimetabolite |
| adalimumab (Humira) | DMARD/TNF-a Inhibitor |
| etanercept (Enbrel) | DMARD/TNF-a Inhibitor |
| hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) | DMARD/Antimalaria |
| Arthritis Drug | adalimumab (Humira) |
| Arthritis Drug | etanercept (Enbrel) |
| Arthritis Drug | celecoxib (Celebrex) |
| Arthritis Drug | hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) |
| Antigout drug | allopurinol (Zyloprim) |