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CH 5
Nonopioid Analgesics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Perception | The physical components of pain |
| Reaction | The psychologic component of pain |
| Antipyretic | Ability to reduce a fever: Affect 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 |
| COX (cyclooxygenase) | Is an enzyme that converts arachidonic acid into prostaglandins (PGE) |
| PGE | Prostaglandins, is a chemical mediator that causes inflammation and sensitizes pain receptors, leading to pain |
| TNF-⍺ | Is a cytokine that is released by cells during the inflammatory response in periodontal disease |