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Week 4 defs and drug
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Perception | physical components of pain |
| reaction | the psychologic component of pain |
| antipyretic | ability to reduce a fever. Affects the hypothalamus (controls the body temperature |
| antiinflammatory | 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 | a cytokine that is released by cells during the inflammatory response in periodontal disease |
| Salicylates Drugs | Aspirin (Bayer, Bufferin) |
| Nonsalicylate/nonnarcotic | acetaminophen (Tylenol) |
| Nsaids | Ibuprofen (Advil) naproxen (Aleve) diclofenac (Cataflam) nabumetone (Relafen) meloxicam (Mobic) celecoxib (Celebrex) |
| Antigout | Colchicine (Colcrys, Mitigare), allopurinol (Zyloprim) |
| Arthritis Drugs | DMARD/antimetabolite: methotrexate (Otrexup) DMARD/TNF-a Inhibitor: adalimumab (Humira) DMARD/TNF-a Inhibitor: etanercept (Enbrel) NSAIDs: celecoxib (Celebrex) DMARD/Antimalaria: hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) |